Of course that 2 grand is on TOP of the conversion cost to swap out to the BIG Nickel pack....
Matt, half of what you said is over my head. I am not much of a Prius guy... but I AM learning.
I just joined the PHEV discussion list and all the things you just mentioned are flying all over the place there.
A couple things I thought were pretty cool about this system is that it is possible to control the CAT warm-up. The USER could have control over when to turn the engine on and off. That REALLY opens up some possibilities in good fuel economy.
Also, even if you aren't driving 65 or 70 on this system, you can still go a bit faster than you could in a stock Prius while keeping the engine off, and you don't have to "reboot" the system to leave EV mode like you do with the Plug-In Supply system.
Another thought - On these conversions where the original Prius pack is completely replaced with a bigger pack, what happens to the old battery pack? How many needed to push a Geo Metro around?
