Hi all I am form Portugal and I have a Prius 3Gen (2010). I drive around 17.000 miles per year and currently my average is 49.8 Mpg I have been looking at a new type of pluginkit sold in germany by https://www.plughybrid.de/ it is a 4kwh pack with bms etc... Since in europe we didn't have too much experience with Plugin convertions can you all please give yours feedback? is it really worth it? Lets assume that i will have tax benefits and that I will manage to reduce my consuption to 67mpg with this assumptions I estimate the turn over in 3 to 4 years Please give me your opinion.
welcome! i have not heard of the kit, so cannot comment. one thing i can say is that most have had very poor success with these types of kits, and i would do as much research into user experiences as possible before buying. but if it works, then it's just a matter of doing the math and deciding if the payback is worth it to you. all the best!
thanks Research is what I am trying to do I know someone here in Portugal that used to give it and everyday use until he broke the catalyst aparently because due to the use of the heater the ECU didnn't make the pre heating of it resulting in its destruction
that's a very obscure, and good reason to be careful. engineering is not easy, otherwise, 'everyone would do it'.
