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Old 06-12-2014, 09:33 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
Why do you think his plug-in mod will ruin the battery? Voltage differences?
I remember a Toyota spokesman saying that modifying a Prius to function as electric-only would damage the battery pack because it was not designed for it.

Don't Ecomodders who bypass or disable the alternator replace the battery with a deep-cycle marine cell?
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