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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Hi Ben (or Tim),
Another basic question then: can the Enginer plug-in kit be used in place of the stock battery? In other words, if the stock battery was old and failing, could you just buy an Enginer kit (or similar) instead of buying a replacement stock battery?
Since it sounds like the DC to DC converter is a "one way" connection, even if you could use the Enginer without the stock bettery -- you could not then have any regenerative braking. :-(
And now, my curiosity is peaked: do any of the other plug-in battery kits use high voltage packs that run in "direct" parallel to (or completely replace) the stock battery?
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I'm sorry to jump in with some insights for your querries.
Answer to your first question is :...............NO
Regenerative braking works with or with out any type of batteries, but if you have non, Where are going to store that extra energy being recaptured ?
For your last inquire, for seriuos PHEV available equipment, not as primitive as the Enginer KIT, the options are
Hybrid Interfaces and the not so cheap
PICC. These ones will replace or augment the original capacity of the NiMH battery pack to attain a larger range in PURE EV mode and with
FULL regen capabilities