[todayican]

Ok, I am far from electrically competent, and it IS a brand new 23k car...
But I have an uncontrollable urge to change thing around and tweak the damn thing till its getting triple digits at the pump :-)

I have a lot of aero goodies I want to build, wheel enclosures, grill block, boat tail etc, but my question for the folks here is this:

What exactly would one need to conquer in order to add a "second string" of batteries, I am thinking ts-60s and a charger that would charge either the second string, or the whole pack from the wall?

[Ziggythewiz]

Isn't the goal to not spend triple digits at the pump?

It's rediculously easy with electric.

What's your goal exactly? Save money? The environment? Neither of those call for buying a new car. At least get an old Prius to modify...

[todayican]

Ive been interested in hybrids for a while now as well as building 2 super high mpg trikes from scratch, they just take so damn long to complete :-(

I live about 40 miles from "civilization" in either direction so any practical ev is going to need a 100 mile range to work for me, also, I put a LOT of miles on my cars.

The Prius c is only 6 weeks old and has almost 5k miles on it already for example...

I personally am interested in saving money mainly while still driving a new car, and also, the various parts will likely become a "mpg kit" for the prius c. I am an entrepreneur and it hasn't escaped me or my partner that the Prius c is currently selling like hotcakes, dealers cant keep them on lots and some (not mine) are commanding 8k premiums over list.

And this is for a car, take it from me, people are clearly not buying for its roominess or acceleration, so me thinks an "aero kit" and a "battery kit" might be a good part time venture :-)

[Ziggythewiz]

The more miles you put on em the more you can save with electric. That 100 mile range you need can be had for half the price of the C.

About the aero kit, have you looked at ecomodder much? I don't know what the market is for those mods, but from what I've seen it seems like most people who are willing to go that overboard are fairly few in numbers and probably enjoy the build at least as much as the results.

As for a phev conversion kit, have you looked to see what's out there? I know there are several kit vendors, even Toyota has done factory plugin conversions for years.

[Wild]

You are asking to double the rated fuel economy rating of the Prius C. The only way that will happen is to add battery capacity, modify the computer and rely on electric power as much as possible. The hardest part will be installing the extra batteries and charger.

[todayican]

I agree on that one. Although there are guys out there doubling the epa ratings with aero mods alone..

My questions are mainly how to build an extra battery and charger right to make the car a PHEV.