[ausev] Prius conversion

[Chris Robison]

On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 15:49 -0600, Carey King wrote:
> 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.

Besides the open community-developed CalCars Prius+ system and the open
PiPrius system, there are some proprietary manufacturers of PHEV
conversion kits. The one Austin Energy used was Hymotion in Toronto.

Other companies include EDrive, HybridsPlus, and of course as it has
been announced for some point in the future, Toyota.

  --chris