[ausev] Prius conversion

[Carey King]

James Mitchell (jamie.mitchell at austinenergy.com) is one contact with the 
Austin Energy Plug-in Partners Campaign. He knows the cost of their 
system and who they used. I think it was ~$15K (under $20K I'm pretty 
sure) for an almost 20 mile electric range conversion (sold as 20 but 
they say they don't quite get that).  They used some Canadian company, 
and I can't remember the name.

Carey

Joe Ipsen wrote:
> I saw a little of the Prius conversion (100 mpg for first 20 miles) 
> being done at the Maker's Faire here in Austin and was interested in 
> talking with someone who could do this conversion on a new Prius we 
> are considering purchasing.
>
> I have left VM with ***REVOLT Custom Electric Vehicles 
> <http://www.revoltcustomelectric.com/> *and *** Electric Cars of 
> Austin <http://www.electriccarsofaustin.com/main.cfml>, but not heard 
> back from them.*
>
> My work provides a decent refund off of the purchase of a Prius, but 
> the amount goes down significantly in 2008 (they don't consider the 
> Prius fuel efficient enough any more) so we need to make a decision on 
> this before the end of the year.
>
> My primary concern is that I would need to find a stable, reliable 
> mechanic to perform this conversion and to provide support down the 
> line should we run into any problems.
>
> Who would you recommend and does anyone know the cost surrounding this 
> conversion?
>
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