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dcb · 11-30-2009, 12:54 PM

Mike (Paul, anyone) found interesting resource from department of energy on boost converters in the prius
Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information - Sponsored by OSTI

page 36(45) has boost converter efficiency graph, previous page has motor/inverter efficiency graphs. Boost converter looks like about 3% loss at high voltages/loads (20kw), which might be acceptable considering battery/motor costs and availability.

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