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Old 02-23-2012, 01:47 PM   #288 (permalink)
bennelson
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
This allows you to park the Prius with a partially discharged pack and not have to sit there with the Prius on while the PHEV charges the OEM pack.
Ooooo! That's a really good idea.

That allows you to recharge BOTH the Enginer AND the Prius stock battery from wall power.

If you wanted to get really crazy, you would watch your display and drive in such a way that your Prius battery was most of the way down just as you pull into your garage at home.
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