2011 Plug-In Supply Product Teaser :)

Kiet,

Lookin' good...I am need of some kind of revision.

Current board, installed by Robb, might have some advantages for staying in mixed mode, and the cruise control not being disabled...But, I still preferred the earlier version for using the pack occaisionally in EV mode. Drop me a note when it is in Robb's hands.

Thanks,

Scott

 

Kiet,

Any news of a conversion kit for the Gen3 Prius yet??

Thanks,

Chan

 

Any idea what the cost of the new system will be?

 

After looking over your web site, I am very interested in it. But I have concerns about your products huge claims, when compared to your competitors. I hope your product lives up to the claims.

I would love to use EV only mode up to 52mph. I always thought the 34mph limit of the other kits, was to low for me to be useful.

 

Works for me, more info here:
www.smilingdogsranch.com/priusblog

Scott

 

I'd be interested to see what your 0-52 speed is. (obviously, you can't do 0-60) I'm curious how the Prius accelerates in pure-EV. This is really hard to test on my setup because obviously I can only do EV mode to 34 mph, and even so I can't really "floor it" without the I.C.E. coming on. In your case, you should be able to do the test properly. Then maybe we can do 0-52 in a regular Prius to see what the difference is, and maybe come up with a mathematical model to get an approx 0-60 time (just for the purpose of comparing acceleration to other cars, since we obviously know the car can't do 60 mph in this mode)

 

Acceleration in pure EV mode?...Slow but tolerable, on the flat. Probably takes me >20sec to get to 52mph (forgettabout that instant EV torque). I usually do this only when there is more than one lane or little traffic, trying to minimize the bullet-holes from the
impatient...I will time this soon and post here.

 

OK, thanks, I'd really appreciate knowing this information. Also, do you have a scanguage II? I'd be interested to see how many amps you are pulling during this test, and also how many amps you pull just keeping the car moving at 50+ mph on a flat ground.

 

Was just about 18sec 0-52 on the way home last eve...will repeat a few times and also try to do the scanguage test.

 

Cool, I'd say 18 seconds isn't too bad. That is right on par with many home-built electric car conversions. I know to most people that would sound bad because they expect to hear expressions like "0-60 in 8 seconds" or something like that. But for typical daily driving, it is rare to need that much power. It sounds like you should be able to keep up with traffic reasonably well. Now I'm awaiting to hear your scanguage results!

 

Sorry I didn't see that. But it makes my point even more urgent, if you're claiming even higher numbers.

 

Hey Kiet, 2011 is almost over. At the beginning of this topic you said the new product would be available early 2011.

I have still not received updated boards/software for our PIS customers at Boulder Hybrid Conversions that were promised in early 2011. Robb is always making excuses.

Either the upgrade doesn't exist or PIS doesn't care about supporting their installed base/resellers...not cool.

 

Hi Kiettyyy,
Hmm, Interesting. I have not seen any post from anyone, other than you, that has the new PIS 4kwhr system.

I do not doubt what you are saying, but when we do not see the confirmation from the actual users then we really do wonder what is happening.

I have had 2 potential customers ask me about this and the lack of customer confirmation has them not willing to proceed.

I would think that Robb would want to contact Paul and be sure the Paul has the latest and greatest. That is just good marketing.

Thanks,
Dan