Not sure if this is already posted here or not: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/16/a...e-believers-wont-leave-well-enough-alone.html Glad to see a fellow member on a major newspaper.
For new members who are not familiar with pEEf's work, here are his three major contributions at PriusChat: http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-...-plug-in-hybrid-electric-vehicle-project.html http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-ii-prius-main-forum/87174-new-alternative-scangauge.html http://priuschat.com/forums/toyota-...n-meter-intermittent-display.html#post1220778
Anyone who builds his own PHEV out of Dewalt tool batteries, and makes new code to run it, is WAY out of my DIY league. I am not worthy!
Zombie Thread Revision Time: . . . . . and if building your own PiP DIY PHEV isn't enough ... well then, you use your spare time to build a CARB compliant, trailerable micro turbine propane fueled Quick Charge set up ... not only capable of quick charging ... but capable of charge sustaining ... so you arrive with a full charge. jeez! Let me guess what's next . . . Mr. Fusion? (btw, that's the chief Leaf engineer to the left of the genset) .