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on the highway under steady speed the heavy hybrid battery shouldn't add anything positive to the car, in fact i bet it reduces mileage because of 2 things.
1. is increased weight
2. is increased electrical load as the car tops off the battery and continuously trickle charges it to maintain it.
if i wasnt 6'5 i would LOVE to own a battery less insight. i bet i could smash the epa mileage rating with proper eco driving in the city and the extensive drafting behind semi's i do on the highway.
last thing i want to say, someone else said you can't start a prius without the hybrid battery. my uncle has a first gen prius and he recently replaced the STOCK Toyota 12v battery that is used for starting the car. toyota wanted over $100 for it, he put a $20 lawnmower battery in it and its been working fine for over a year. i believe the first gen prius starts off the 12v battery, but i am not certain. i know for sure that you don't need the expensive toyota battery though.
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96 stratus "es" v6 auto-stick
supplementary propane injection
injector kill switch, alternator kill switch
Charging system voltage increased to 15.5V
secondary and tertiary 12v batteries in the trunk
on-board battery charger
lights converted to led's
potentiometer controlled tps for ign timing
welded straight pipe in place of cat-cons
removed egr
3 inch body drop
90psi fuel rail & -50% low volume injectors
run 15% diesel 85% gas
Last edited by C3H8; 08-06-2010 at 11:15 PM..
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