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Old 08-30-2014, 10:55 PM   #4 (permalink)
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What exactly are you considering to do? An all-electric conversion or some sort of hybrid setup?


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The problem was it uses 650 volts vs the 288 volts that the prius uses and in order to get that voltage you need a lot of damn batteries or some type of voltage doubler or tripler.
Some hybrid trucks and buses have been fitted with a 650-volt setup nowadays, not impossible to source parts from.
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