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orange4boy · 02-02-2010, 12:05 AM

It's going well so far. The HV pack builds up on each trip if I don't use EV on the flat part of the road. When I EV on the road section I end up with 4.8 L/100 when I don't I get about 5 L/100.

The battery is waking up nicely. It's been sitting around for a couple of months. It dips to about 11.8 - 12.2. It sure would be nice to have the extra 2 volts. The headlights are a bit dimmer than normal. The oncoming traffic is probably happier though.

It does make an FE difference. At this point I would guess 5-10%. Those numbers seem to match the calculations I did, roughly anyhow. More runs will tell.

02-02-2010, 12:05 AM	#35 (permalink)
orange4boy Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: The Wet Coast, Kanuckistan. Posts: 1,275 The Golden Egg - '93 Toyota Previa DX 90 day: 31.91 mpg (US) Chewie - '03 Toyota Prius 90 day: 57 mpg (US) The Spaceship - '00 Honda Insight Thanks: 100 Thanked 306 Times in 178 Posts	It's going well so far. The HV pack builds up on each trip if I don't use EV on the flat part of the road. When I EV on the road section I end up with 4.8 L/100 when I don't I get about 5 L/100. The battery is waking up nicely. It's been sitting around for a couple of months. It dips to about 11.8 - 12.2. It sure would be nice to have the extra 2 volts. The headlights are a bit dimmer than normal. The oncoming traffic is probably happier though. It does make an FE difference. At this point I would guess 5-10%. Those numbers seem to match the calculations I did, roughly anyhow. More runs will tell. __________________ Vortex generators are old tech. My new and improved vortex alternators are unstoppable. "It’s easy to explain how rockets work but explaining the aerodynamics of a wing takes a rocket scientist.