BC Gov't to convert 34 Hybrids to electric (PHEV) It seems the BC Government is taking the issue of Going Green to a new level. This article appeared in the local Vancouver paper Nov 27th. No indication whom has been contracted to preform the conversions. I have been in touch with a few local companies asking about converting my Prius. http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=3f3cf634-0c8a-4101-a454-007ef31a6059 It will be interesting to see their results in the conversions and savings over the next few years. I may write in with a suggestion of EBH (especially for the Dawson Creek vehicles), and EV-Mod to take full use of the converstion. Gov't to convert 34 hybrids to electric
The conversions are going to be Hymotion batteries. If I recall, the BC gov't has already done 4 Hymotion kits on their Prius fleet vehicles. They were satisfied with them and decided to do a bunch more.
At the Toronto Green Living show this spring I saw two Prius PHEV converted vehicles from this program last year: TheStar.com - News - City plugs into hybrid car trend They had a spokes person giving out first hand information. I see one of their PHEV Prius in a nearby park all the time and wish that I had one of those.
