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This is an Initial Page for the '''EAA-PHEV''' Projects.<br />
Which will focus on the Prius Plus Conversions for the moment.<br />
There are other PHEV projects on the [[Conversion Hybrids]] page and [[PHEV Projects]] page.<br />
CalCars has a great [http://www.calcars.org/calcars-phevtalkingpoints.pdf PHEV talking points] to bring you up to speed regarding Plug-in Hybrids.<br><br />
"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" -- Albert Einstein<br />
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==Maillist==<br />
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==Disclaimer==<br />
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*'''Use this information at your own risk''', there is '''no warranty''' expressed nor implied. Even should you perform these modifications to the letter you could still cause damage to any number of components in your Prius and cause it to no longer function. In performing some of these modifications you may also '''void your warrenty with Toyota'''.<br />
*'''HV warning:''' The Prius Traction Battery is a HV (High Voltage) Battery and could cause '''serious injury or death''' if proper precautions are not taken while working with it.<br />
''See also: http://www.airlabcorp.com/Prius/priusdisman.pdf [[:Image:Priusdisman.pdf|Local]] - for dismantle and safety warnings''<br />
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==Terms==<br />
*'''EAA''' = '''E'''lectric '''A'''uto '''A'''ssociation. - http://www.eaaev.org/<br />
*'''PHEV''' = '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle.<br />
*'''MFD''' = '''M'''ulti-'''F'''unction '''D'''isplay, or the Touch Screen which is standard on all Prii.<br />
*'''CAN''' = '''C'''ontroller '''A'''rea '''N'''etwork used within the Prius which all the computer systems use to communicate.<br />
*'''SOC''' = '''S'''tate '''O'''f '''C'''harge, similar to a gas guage, indicates how Full or Empty a battery is.<br />
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==EV-Mode==<br />
=== Enabling EV-Mode Button ===<br />
* Enabling the [[User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications#Enabling_EV-mode_Button_.22H14_.2327_to_ground.22|EV-Mode Button]]<br />
EV-only mode is auto canceled outside of the following limits:<br />
* >=180V<br />
* >=45% SOC (mode cannot be entered unles SOC is >=50%)<br />
* Accelerator pedal position <=120 (out of 255), corresponds to approx. 120A or 24kW<br />
* Vehicle speed <34 mph (55 kph)<br />
* Defrost not selected (and possibly some other control selections)<br />
Notes:<br />
* The ICE will start 7 seconds after vehicle startup unless EV-only mode is entered during that time.<br />
* Once the ICE starts the first time during a trip, it will not stop until it has warmed up.<br />
* The A/C compressor is electric, and the A/C will work while in EV-only mode.<br />
* When the EV-only mode is entered, the hybrid model screen will show. A beep will be heard only if that screen wasn't already showing.<br />
* Three beeps are heard whenever EV-only mode is requested but not allowed, and when it is auto canceled.<br>One must wait around five seconds before a new EV-only request is acknowledged.<br />
Regenerative braking is limited by all of the following:<br />
* 120A<br />
* ~30A if SOC is >=80%<br />
* HV 250-270V (progressively greater limitation)<br />
None of the above voltage limits have been tested for temperature-based variations.<br />
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===SOC Spoofing===<br />
The Prius' battery management computer (BMS, called the Battery ECU) communicates to the main hybrid computers via the CAN bus. It indicates battery voltage, current, temperature, and its estimates of state-of-charge (SOC), and maximum allowable charge and discharge current.<br />
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The BMS' estimate of SOC is critical, as the hybrid controller keeps SOC within 40-80% (the lower and upper limits of the (nonlinear) display graph), and tries to keep it around 60%. When the SOC is above 60%, the hybrid controller works to discharge the battery by using battery power (and less gasoline) even during normal cruise. This increases to around 30A (~6kW) at 70% and above.<br />
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When the SOC is below 60%, the hybrid controller works to charge the battery by making the ICE work extra hard even during normal cruise. Below 40% SOC, stranger things happen and it is difficult to get the engine to put out much power at all.<br />
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For a PHEV, the object of SOC spoofing is to keep the BMS's indicated SOC at 80% or above until the battery is discharged enough to accept significant regenerative braking current; then between 70-80% -- to force less gasoline use even during non-EV-only mode -- until the battery's real state-of-charge has come near its lower limit. At that point, the BMS's indicated SOC should hover around 60% to keep the battery's real state-of-charge from trending further downward (bad for the battery) or upward (thereby wasting gasoline).<br />
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Dan Kroushl did some experiments with higher voltage batteries that proved that the BMS's indicated SOC can be spoofed (Thanks, Dan!). That led me to do enough further experimentation to discover that it is definitely possible to do what I indicated in the above paragraph, and generally how to do it. However, the circuitry and programming to do so is still in development. It generally involves, as needed, providing a higher voltage to the BMS than the actual battery voltage.<br />
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Toyota's BMS also checks the voltage of 13 taps on the OEM battery. These voltages must be equal to each other or the BMS will indicate a fault. Since few PHEV battery packs, unlike the OEM pack, are divisible into 14 equal subpacks, these tap voltages must be spoofed, too. Fortunately, it has been found that a fairly simple voltage divider can accomplish this.<br />
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Because of all of the above, CalCars' overall PRIUS+ circuit diagram is still in flux, and definitive answers about it are as yet unavailable.<br />
<br />
===SOC management===<br />
Here is the minimum needed in terms of a computer for spoofing the Prius' built-in BMS:<br />
* CAN message reading and parsing (CAN bus writing is NOT necessary or even desirable)<br />
* '''The ability to separately close and open two reed switch contacts based on CAN information'''<br />
** one to set EV-only mode, based on it not already being set, speed <34 mph, power request <120 (out of 200), SOC >49%, and a few other parameters.<br />
** one to set a voltage boost (to be explained later) to keep perceived SOC within a given range until the battery is sufficiently depleted<br />
* Amp-hour integration and display from the appropriate CAN bus messages<br />
* HV battery voltage and current display (both analog and digital desirable) from the appropriate CAN bus messages<br />
* Display of trip info (since reset): # of CAN errors (important for debugging), odometer, milligallons of gasoline used, Amp-hr and/or kWh used, trip milligallon/mi, Wh/mi, and mpg, highest peak charge and discharge currents, highest and lowest HV battery voltages, and the battery's internal resistance (beginning, current, and end)<br />
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Additional displays, desirable but not necessary:<br />
* Not strictly necessary, but SUPER desirable: storage of CAN trip running data on a removable medium (like a CompactFlash card) for later analysis.<br />
* Small graphical engine tachometer (but see rectangular suggestion below)<br />
* Gasoline use rate (milligallon/min and/or milligallon/mi (inverse of mpg), or just a binary for gasoline being used<br />
* Tiny graphical brake cylinder pressure (sum of that for each wheel), to indicate amount of non-regenerative braking being used<br />
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A very cool display would be two rectangular graphs indicating engine and electric power:<br />
* Engine power (e.g. blue for combustion): vertical: RPM, horizontal: torque<br />
* Electric (e.g. red for discharge, green for charge): vertical: HV battery voltage; horizontal: HV battery current (absolute value)<br />
The areas can be calibrated so that they show the relative power being produced by the electric motor vs. the engine. The same pair of rectangles could display and compare the power going into regenerative braking vs. that being wasted in the friction brakes.<br />
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==Batteries==<br />
* Any battery which meets the minimum requirements could be used to replace the [[Prius Battery Specs|Stock Prius]] [[Ni|NiMH]] battery pack. The stock battery does not necessarily need to be removed, but should probably be disconnected while in PHEV mode.<br />
* '''CalCars''' has used 18 EVP20-12B B&B 20Ah 12v SLA [[PbA]] batteries from [http://www.electricrider.com/batteries.htm ElectricRider.com] (12Ah at 2C rate) for a total of <!--14.4vpc?-->3.1 kWh. These cost $700, deliver 10 miles per cycle, and are expected to last 200 cycles for $0.35/mile.<br />
* '''EDrive''' plans on using 18 ''exotic'' 12V U-1 U-charge 40Ah @C/5 Li-ion batteries from [[Li#Valence|Valence]] for a total of 9.9 kWh.<br />
* Another PbA possibility is the Exide Orbital ES26-12X. It is 25% heavier but may have longer cycle life than the B&B EVP20-12B.<br />
** Jul 21, 2005 [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/468 Battery evaluation and production cost summary] by: Ron Gremban<br />
* You may want to use some [http://www.andersonpower.com/ Anderson] high power connectors for DC.<br />
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===Minimum Requirements===<br />
We will focus on the Voltage requirements, as the AmpHour capacity of the pack may vary depending on who's implementing it and for what type of useage for various ranges from 5 to 50 or more miles. While a PbA pack may only deliver about 1/2 its nameplate capacity (due to Peukert's Law, which does not affect other chemistries) a Lithium pack may be able to deliver all of it's nameplate capacity. It all depends on how the battery's capacity is rated. The Prius consumes about 1 Ah or 300 Wh per mile.<br />
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* The 6.5Ah '''Stock NiMH pack''' consists of 168 cells (28 modules) in series.<br />
** 60% nominal to 45% minimum SOC => 15% of 6.5 Ah is 1 Ah for 1 mile EV-only range.<br />
** 80% maximum to 45% minimum SOC => 35% of 6.5 Ah is 2.2 Ah for > 2 miles EV-only range.<br />
** Nominal Voltage is 201.6v, ranging from 180v to 270v durring use.<br />
* The 20Ah '''CalCars PbA pack''' (12Ah at 2C rate)<br />
** Delivers ~10 miles EV-only or 20 miles mixed-driving PHEV range.<br />
** Nominal Voltage is <!--12.0vpc-->216V, ranging form ???v to ???v durring use.<br />
* The 40Ah '''EDrive Li-ion pack'''<br />
** Delivers ~30 miles EV-only or 60 miles mixed-driving PHEV range.<br />
** Nominal Voltage is <!--12.8vpc-->230v, ranging form ???v to ???v durring use.<br />
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CalCars' published chemistry-neutral PRIUS+ battery spec is reproduced below. We have found 18 12V PbA modules or 180 NiMH cells in series to be near optimum.<br />
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Note: our PRIUS+ gets approx. 1 mile of pure EV range (or 2 miles of mixed driving range, with double normal gasoline mileage) per Amp-hr expended from the battery. Therefore, a 30Ah battery, used to 70% depth-of-discharge (DOD) would provide 24 miles of EV-only range or 48 miles of mixed driving PHEV range.<br />
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* California Cars Initiative PRIUS+ Project - Preliminary Public Chemistry-neutral Battery Pack Specification<br />
* Subject to Change 6/17/05 By Ron Gremban<br />
** Voltages:<br />
*** Maximum (during regenerative braking, 120A or max for SOC): 260V<br />
*** Minimum (during 120A discharge at minimum normal SOC): 180V<br />
*** Nominal: 210-230V (depends on the chemistry)<br />
** Amp-hr at 60A rate: 30-50 (5.5-10.0 kWh)<br />
** Max intermittent discharge rate: 200A<br />
** Max intermittent charge rate (when SOC is low enough to accept this full rate): 120A<br />
** DC internal resistance*, over normal range of SOC: Less than 0.25 ohm (0.20 ohm desired)<br />
** Charge equalization: Please indicate requirements and provisions for charge equalization<br />
** Thermal management: Please indicate requirements and provisions for thermal management<br />
** Min cycle life*: At least 1000 cycles between normal SOC limits; 2000 cycles or more highly desired<br />
** Max battery pack weight*: 300 lb (136 kg); 170 lb (77 kg) desired (replaces 70 lb hybrid battery)<br />
** Max price*: $800/kWh or less to CalCars, including charge balancing, cooling, thermal management, and SOC monitoring<br />
** Projected high-volume auto manufacturer's cost in two years*: $0.40 or less per kilowatt-hr lifetime throughput<br />
* *The values of these parameters should be maximized (or minimized, as appropriate), given a reasonable cost of doing so<br />
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===Battery analysis by Richard===<br />
per this [[EAA-PHEV_Maillist:2005./12./2|maillist message]]:<br><br />
I have completed my analysis for the battery pack and am attaching it. The first attachment explains the analysis and the second is a spread sheet of some of the data I ran.<br />
* [[:Image:Minimum_cost2.doc]]<br />
* [[:Image:Bmax.xls]]<br />
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==Chargers==<br />
[[Image:Prius Charger.jpg|thumb|100px|right|[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/2004-prius/message/40720 THS Charger]]]<br />
* CalCars uses a Brusa NLG5 charger from MetricMind.com. This is a $4000, 4kW charger capable of being reprogramed for any chemistry and any voltage output up to 520V. It is invaluable for our experimentation, especially since, for our world's first PRIUS+, we didn't know what would be necessary. A less flexible, lower power, less expensive charger may be more suitable for subsequent conversions.<br />
* CalCars believes that most PHEVs need only a 1 kW charger, able to plug into ordinary 120V, 15A GFI circuits. Since gasoline is available as a range extender, charging need be no faster than overnight.<br />
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/51581 PFC-20 Running off Prius HV Pack] [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/51660] Charging a BEV. This charger could run in both directions.<br />
** charging from the grid to the additional pack<br />
** charging from the additional pack to other EV's<br />
** charging from the Prius ICE/Gas to other EV's (up to 10kW)<br />
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==User Interfaces==<br />
===CAN-View Scanner===<br />
[[Image:Inimech.jpg|thumb|right|One of the graph screens<br>[http://www.seattleeva.org/index.php?title=EAA-PHEV&oldid=1093#Screenshots CAN-View local gallery]<br />
<br>'''See the [http://www.hybridinterfaces.ca Official Website]''']]<br />
<br />
This is a MFD Integrated CAN Scanner, named CAN-View.<br><br />
The Official Website is http://www.hybridinterfaces.ca<br />
<br />
* http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=11644 [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/message/614 yahoo] [http://priuschat.com/CAN-VIEW-monitor-t12077.html Lost] [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:9yflkBICdmIJ:priuschat.com/index.php%3Fshowtopic%3D12077 C1] [http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:OQWcUZ8AF-kJ:priuschat.com/page-2-t12077-s20.html C2] [ C3] <br />
* http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=2281 hardware level display hijacking, unrelated?<br />
* Now available at http://www.priuschat.com/shop/<br />
** Help installing it : [https://www.metrotpn.com/documents/PDF%20Files/Prius/Eddie's%20XMRadio%20Install/PriusXMradio3.2.pdf] [http://www.chrisdragon.com/downloads/Stereo%20Accessory%20Install%20Guide,%2004%20Prius,%20v1.03.pdf]<br />
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'''Additional accessories'''<br><br />
These additional features are supported by the 2nd version of the CAN-View, some require additional hardware.<br />
*Aftermarket Navigation System Interface ''([http://www.google.com/search?q=Pioneer+AVIC-88 Pioneer's AVIC-88])''<br />
*Serial MFD touch screen coordinates are outputted from the CAN-View via a serial DB9 RS232 port.<br />
*SCART Plugs and cables. [http://cpc.farnell.com/jsp/endecaSearch/searchPage2.jsp?Ntt=scart+sockets&Nty=1&N=411&Ntk=gensearch]<br />
*A $110 CC2RGB converter from http://www.threedoubleyou.com/otherconverters.htm outputs composite NTSC video via the CAN-View.<br />
* Field Programming - http://priuschat.com/index.php?showtopic=11644&st=40#<br />
** The Silabs development kit C8051F310DK (available on the DigiKey website at US$99)<br />
*A $99 BOBIII device from http://www.decadenet.com outputs clean RGBs to the MFD via the CAN-View, it uses serial input to create color text.<br />
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===My CAN Project===<br />
[[Image:Www.vassfamily.net-Others.jpg|thumb|right|[http://www.vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius/CAN/cindex.html Vass] Software on the left]]<br />
OK, not ''"My"'' Can Project, but some very nice software none the less.<br />
*http://www.vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius/CAN/cindex.html<br />
: May Required Linux ''and all that that entails''<br />
: '''Open Source''' courtesy of Attila Vass!<br />
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===Other CAN scanners===<br />
*http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm [http://home.earthlink.net/~graham1/Prius/MiniScanner/MiniScanner.htm]- Classic Prius (2000-2003)<br />
*http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII - THS Prius (2004+)<br />
*http://www.hemdata.com/Products/Dawn - Another CAN scanner, with HEV screenshots.<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index] - Translated from Japanese to English<br />
*http://www.ecrostech.com/prius/original/PriusFrames.htm<br />
*http://www.carplugs.com - Source for OBD2 connectors.<br />
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==Schematics and Documentation==<br />
<br />
* Note HVJ8 from the Control Schematic connects to HVJ8 on the Battery Tap Emulator.<br />
* There was an error in the High Power Schematic V1a, updated here:<br />
** The two thermister connectors were mislabeled HVJ7 & HVJ8 instead of HVJ3 & HVJ4.<br />
* Here is the complete PRIUS+ documentation package as of 1/26/2006.<br />
* [[EAA-PHEV PRIUS Documentation]] ([[Media:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-.doc|.doc]])<br />
** [[:Image:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-ControlSchematicV1 060118.png|SOC & Control Schematic]] ''( thumbnail below )''<br />
** [[:Image:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-HighPowerSchematicV1a 060116.png|High Power Schematic]] ''( thumbnail below )''<br />
** [[:Image:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-BatteryTapEmulatorSchematicV1a 060118.png|Battery Tap Emulator Schematic]] ''( thumbnail below )''<br />
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{|<br />
| valign=top |<br />
[[Image:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-ControlSchematicV1 060118.png|thumb|SOC & Control Schematic<br>[[:Media:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-ControlSchematicV1 060118.png|(full size, right click here)]].]]<br />
| valign=top |<br />
[[Image:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-HighPowerSchematicV1a 060116.png|thumb|High Power Schematic<br>[[:Media:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-HighPowerSchematicV1a 060116.png|(full size, right click here)]].]]<br />
| valign=top |<br />
[[Image:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-BatteryTapEmulatorSchematicV1a 060118.png|thumb|Battery Tap Emulator<br>[[:Media:EAA-PHEV-PRIUS-BatteryTapEmulatorSchematicV1a 060118.png|(full size, right click here)]].]]<br />
|}<br />
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* Ron G is trying to get many detailed pictures of CalCars/my PRIUS+ with its BB Battery PbA batteries uploaded for additional reference.<br />
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<div>The '''S'''eattle '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle '''A'''ssociation - <br />
'''Education - Demonstration - Proliferation'''<br><br />
6021 32nd Ave N.E. - Seattle WA. - 98115-7230 E-Mail: stevenslough@comcast.net<br><br />
INFORMATION LINES: 524-1351 or 850-8535 '''WEB SITE: http://www.seattleeva.org'''<br><br />
<br />
The Seattle EV Association was formed over 24 years ago by a small group of <br />
visionaries dedicated to the proposition that “ If Detroit won’t build <br />
affordable electric cars for us, we should do it ourselves.” and help anyone <br />
else who would like to do the same. Through public education, demonstration, and <br />
proliferation of EVs of all kinds, be they electric cars, trucks, boats, or <br />
bikes. We have MONTHLY meetings. For time and place, check our web site, or <br />
call our information line.<br />
<br />
Essentially the most common EV consists of a small compact (donor) car with <br />
stick shift, where all gas or diesel components are taken out, and replaced with <br />
batteries, electric motor, charger, relays, speed control, and gauges. The <br />
hardware usually costs around $8000. and the labor to put it all together, if <br />
one cannot do it ones self is approximately $2000. These are AVERAGES. More <br />
speed, more performance, more range…. costs more. Performance of such an <br />
average car, would be highway speeds up to 70 mph, and range at more modest <br />
speeds of up to 50 miles on a single charge. Might not sound like much, but it <br />
could replace HALF of all GAS and Diesel cars which start up their engines each <br />
and every day here in King County. And every one would get to work on time, and <br />
no one would run short of charge before returning home at night. Charging would <br />
cost ONE FIFTH of what the average car owner pays for GAS for the same average <br />
daily commute !<br />
<br />
Below is a partial list of Web Sites dealing with aspects of Electric Cars in <br />
the Northwest, and the US.<br />
<br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
*Seattle EV Association: http://www.seattleeva.org/ <br />
*Electric Auto Association of the US: http://www.eaaev.org<br />
*Oregon Electric Vehicle Association http://www.oeva.org/<br />
*National Electric Drag Racing Assoc. http://www.nedra.com/<br />
<br />
EV BUSINESSES<br />
*Electric Vehicles Northwest Inc. http://www.electricbikes.bigstep.com/<br />
*EV Parts of Pt. Townsand http://www.EVParts.com/<br />
*The Electric Boat Company http://www.theelectricboatco.com<br />
*Cloud Electric Vehicles- Kent Wa. http://cloudelectric.com<br />
*The Green Car Company http://www.greencarco.com<br />
<br />
OTHER EV RE-Sources<br />
*Alt Fuel Vehicle Directory: http://www.vwc.edu/~gnoe/avd.htm<br />
*EV Discussion List Photo Album http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/<br />
<br />
Learn ! Enjoy! FEEL the Current ! Get CHARGED UP !!<br />
<br />
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<div>The '''S'''eattle '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle '''A'''ssociation - <br />
'''Education - Demonstration - Proliferation'''<br><br />
6021 32nd Ave N.E. - Seattle WA. - 98115-7230 E-Mail: stevenslough@comcast.net<br><br />
INFORMATION LINES: 524-1351 or 850-8535 WEB SITE: http://www.seattleeva.org<br><br />
<br />
The Seattle EV Association was formed over 24 years ago by a small group of <br />
visionaries dedicated to the proposition that “ If Detroit won’t build <br />
affordable electric cars for us, we should do it ourselves.” and help anyone <br />
else who would like to do the same. Through public education, demonstration, and <br />
proliferation of EVs of all kinds, be they electric cars, trucks, boats, or <br />
bikes. We have MONTHLY meetings. For time and place, check our web site, or <br />
call our information line.<br />
<br />
Essentially the most common EV consists of a small compact (donor) car with <br />
stick shift, where all gas or diesel components are taken out, and replaced with <br />
batteries, electric motor, charger, relays, speed control, and gauges. The <br />
hardware usually costs around $8000. and the labor to put it all together, if <br />
one cannot do it ones self is approximately $2000. These are AVERAGES. More <br />
speed, more performance, more range…. costs more. Performance of such an <br />
average car, would be highway speeds up to 70 mph, and range at more modest <br />
speeds of up to 50 miles on a single charge. Might not sound like much, but it <br />
could replace HALF of all GAS and Diesel cars which start up their engines each <br />
and every day here in King County. And every one would get to work on time, and <br />
no one would run short of charge before returning home at night. Charging would <br />
cost ONE FIFTH of what the average car owner pays for GAS for the same average <br />
daily commute !<br />
<br />
Below is a partial list of Web Sites dealing with aspects of Electric Cars in <br />
the Northwest, and the US.<br />
<br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
*Seattle EV Association: http://www.seattleeva.org/ <br />
*Electric Auto Association of the US: http://www.eaaev.org<br />
*Oregon Electric Vehicle Association http://www.oeva.org/<br />
*National Electric Drag Racing Assoc. http://www.nedra.com/<br />
<br />
EV BUSINESSES<br />
*Electric Vehicles Northwest Inc. http://www.electricbikes.bigstep.com/<br />
*EV Parts of Pt. Townsand http://www.EVParts.com/<br />
*The Electric Boat Company http://www.theelectricboatco.com<br />
*Cloud Electric Vehicles- Kent Wa. http://cloudelectric.com<br />
*The Green Car Company http://www.greencarco.com<br />
<br />
OTHER EV RE-Sources<br />
*Alt Fuel Vehicle Directory: http://www.vwc.edu/~gnoe/avd.htm<br />
*EV Discussion List Photo Album http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/<br />
<br />
Learn ! Enjoy! FEEL the Current ! Get CHARGED UP !!<br />
<br />
'''To convert a gas car to electric is the highest form of recycling.'''</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=Talk:Mission&diff=556Talk:Mission2005-09-18T06:38:50Z<p>67.168.23.217: </p>
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<div>The '''S'''eattle '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle '''A'''ssociation<br><br />
EDUCATION - DEMONSTRATION - PROLIFERATION<br><br />
6021 32nd Ave N.E. - Seattle WA. - 98115-7230 E-Mail: stevenslough@comcast.net<br><br />
INFORMATION LINES: 524-1351 or 850-8535 WEB SITE: http://www.seattleeva.org<br><br />
<br />
The Seattle EV Association was formed over 24 years ago by a small group of <br />
visionaries dedicated to the proposition that “ If Detroit won’t build <br />
affordable electric cars for us, we should do it ourselves.” and help anyone <br />
else who would like to do the same. Through public education, demonstration, and <br />
proliferation of EVs of all kinds, be they electric cars, trucks, boats, or <br />
bikes. We have MONTHLY meetings. For time and place, check our web site, or <br />
call our information line.<br />
<br />
Essentially the most common EV consists of a small compact (donor) car with <br />
stick shift, where all gas or diesel components are taken out, and replaced with <br />
batteries, electric motor, charger, relays, speed control, and gauges. The <br />
hardware usually costs around $8000. and the labor to put it all together, if <br />
one cannot do it ones self is approximately $2000. These are AVERAGES. More <br />
speed, more performance, more range…. costs more. Performance of such an <br />
average car, would be highway speeds up to 70 mph, and range at more modest <br />
speeds of up to 50 miles on a single charge. Might not sound like much, but it <br />
could replace HALF of all GAS and Diesel cars which start up their engines each <br />
and every day here in King County. And every one would get to work on time, and <br />
no one would run short of charge before returning home at night. Charging would <br />
cost ONE FIFTH of what the average car owner pays for GAS for the same average <br />
daily commute !<br />
<br />
Below is a partial list of Web Sites dealing with aspects of Electric Cars in <br />
the Northwest, and the US.<br />
<br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
*Seattle EV Association: http://www.seattleeva.org/ <br />
*Electric Auto Association of the US: http://www.eaaev.org<br />
*Oregon Electric Vehicle Association http://www.oeva.org/<br />
*National Electric Drag Racing Assoc. http://www.nedra.com/<br />
<br />
EV BUSINESSES<br />
*Electric Vehicles Northwest Inc. http://www.electricbikes.bigstep.com/<br />
*EV Parts of Pt. Townsand http://www.EVParts.com/<br />
*The Electric Boat Company http://www.theelectricboatco.com<br />
*Cloud Electric Vehicles- Kent Wa. http://cloudelectric.com<br />
*The Green Car Company http://www.greencarco.com<br />
<br />
OTHER EV RE-Sources<br />
*Alt Fuel Vehicle Directory: http://www.vwc.edu/~gnoe/avd.htm<br />
*EV Discussion List Photo Album http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/<br />
<br />
Learn ! Enjoy! FEEL the Current ! Get CHARGED UP !!<br />
<br />
TO CONVERT A GAS CAR TO ELECTRIC, IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECYCLING<br />
<br />
The Seattle Electric Vehicle Association Steven S. Lough <br />
Eco Motion Electric Cars</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=Talk:Mission&diff=555Talk:Mission2005-09-18T06:37:31Z<p>67.168.23.217: Flyer</p>
<hr />
<div>The Seattle Electric Vehicle Association<br />
<br />
EDUCATION - DEMONSTRATION - PROLIFERATION<br />
<br />
6021 32nd Ave N.E. - Seattle WA. - 98115-7230 E-Mail: stevenslough@comcast.net<br />
<br />
INFORMATION LINES: 524-1351 or 850-8535 WEB SITE: http://www.seattleeva.org<br />
<br />
The Seattle EV Association was formed over 24 years ago by a small group of <br />
visionaries dedicated to the proposition that “ If Detroit won’t build <br />
affordable electric cars for us, we should do it ourselves.” and help anyone <br />
else who would like to do the same. Through public education, demonstration, and <br />
proliferation of EVs of all kinds, be they electric cars, trucks, boats, or <br />
bikes. We have MONTHLY meetings. For time and place, check our web site, or <br />
call our information line.<br />
<br />
Essentially the most common EV consists of a small compact (donor) car with <br />
stick shift, where all gas or diesel components are taken out, and replaced with <br />
batteries, electric motor, charger, relays, speed control, and gauges. The <br />
hardware usually costs around $8000. and the labor to put it all together, if <br />
one cannot do it ones self is approximately $2000. These are AVERAGES. More <br />
speed, more performance, more range…. costs more. Performance of such an <br />
average car, would be highway speeds up to 70 mph, and range at more modest <br />
speeds of up to 50 miles on a single charge. Might not sound like much, but it <br />
could replace HALF of all GAS and Diesel cars which start up their engines each <br />
and every day here in King County. And every one would get to work on time, and <br />
no one would run short of charge before returning home at night. Charging would <br />
cost ONE FIFTH of what the average car owner pays for GAS for the same average <br />
daily commute !<br />
<br />
Below is a partial list of Web Sites dealing with aspects of Electric Cars in <br />
the Northwest, and the US.<br />
<br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
*Seattle EV Association: http://www.seattleeva.org/ <br />
*Electric Auto Association of the US: http://www.eaaev.org<br />
*Oregon Electric Vehicle Association http://www.oeva.org/<br />
*National Electric Drag Racing Assoc. http://www.nedra.com/<br />
<br />
EV BUSINESSES<br />
*Electric Vehicles Northwest Inc. http://www.electricbikes.bigstep.com/<br />
*EV Parts of Pt. Townsand http://www.EVParts.com/<br />
*The Electric Boat Company http://www.theelectricboatco.com<br />
*Cloud Electric Vehicles- Kent Wa. http://cloudelectric.com<br />
*The Green Car Company http://www.greencarco.com<br />
<br />
OTHER EV RE-Sources<br />
*Alt Fuel Vehicle Directory: http://www.vwc.edu/~gnoe/avd.htm<br />
*EV Discussion List Photo Album http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/<br />
<br />
Learn ! Enjoy! FEEL the Current ! Get CHARGED UP !!<br />
<br />
TO CONVERT A GAS CAR TO ELECTRIC, IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECYCLING<br />
<br />
The Seattle Electric Vehicle Association Steven S. Lough <br />
Eco Motion Electric Cars</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=EVents_2006&diff=619EVents 20062005-09-16T19:31:58Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* 2005, Sept 18, 2nd Annual Sustainable Ballard Fair */</p>
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<div>This Page needs to have a calander and all sorts of other features like this pages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_events<br><br />
Till then a plain old collection of upcomming events with a Table of Contents will do.<br />
<br />
==[[Current events archive 2005|Archived Past EVents]] ==<br />
See past EVents on the [[Current events archive 2005]] page.<br />
<br />
<br />
== 2005, Sept 18, 2nd Annual Sustainable Ballard Fair ==<br />
[http://www.seattleeva.org/maillist/?show=2005./8./57 Steven Lough] writes, we have been invited to attend the 2nd Annual Sustainable Ballard Fair on Sept 18th. Contact Aaron Kahn, Transportation Guild Coordinator, Sustainable Ballard (206.227.9542) (akahn-at-windermere.com). ''need link to site!'' [http://www.seattleeva.org/maillist/?show=2005./9./14 Tracy Carroll] is still looking for members to participate in this event! Event to be held at Bergen Place Park and Marvin's Garden Park (they are next to each other) in downtown Ballard. More information at [http://www.sustainableballard.org/#summer sustainableballard.org], [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=Ballard%20Ave%20Nw%20%26%2022nd%20Ave%20%20Nw&city=Ballard&state=WA&zipcode=98107&country=US&title=Ballard%20Ave%20Nw%20%26amp%3b%2022nd%20Ave%20%20Nw%20Ballard%2c%20WA%2098107%2c%20US&cid=lfmaplink2 Map of Ballard Ave Nw & 22nd Ave Nw Ballard, WA 98107, US] from mapquest.<br />
<br />
*Sunday Sep 18th, 11am to 5pm<br />
*Bergen Place Park is a triangular park at the intersection of NW Market Street, 22nd Avenue NW and NW Leary Way, in beautiful downtown Ballard.<br />
*Marvin's Garden Park is located just across 22nd Avenue NW from Bergen Place, at the intersection of Ballard Avenue and 22nd Ave NW, one block north of the Ballard Farmer's Market.<br />
*[http://www.seattleeva.org/maillist/?show=2005./9./16 Jamie Marshall] would like to bring his Sparrow!<br />
*[http://www.seattleeva.org/maillist/?show=2005./9./19 Ryan Fulcher] will try to bring his Prius and Scooter.<br />
*Anyone Else ?!<br />
<br />
== 2005, Sep 24, 1st Annual Recliner races! ==<br />
Participation get in free, spectators are charged $8 for admission.<br />
<br />
* When : Sep 24th, gates open at 8AM.<br />
* Where : [http://www.pacificraceways.com PR (Pacific Raceway)] east of Kent, Wa (Old SIR Race Way)<br />
* Specs : One Lazy-Boy type recliner, Less then 200Lbs of batteries, smaller than 8' by 4'.<br />
* Course : ~10 minutes. "Course may be small and tight"<br> Have good Steering and Braking.<BR> Go-Kart type track.<BR>might be a Drag Race aswell.<br />
* Winner gets "BIG trophies" for Win, Place, and Show.<BR>I also hear there is a $1000 purse for first place.<br />
* Parameters : Rules? ''Who Needs 'em''<br />
<br />
* [http://www.seattleeva.org/maillist/?search=recliner SEVA list "Recliner" Search]<br />
* [http://www.seattleeva.org/maillist/?search=layz SEVA list "Layz" Search]<br />
* [http://www.seattleeva.org/maillist/?show=2005./9./6 Good News ...bad news]<br />
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/47659 Tardy but not TOO LATE - Lazy Boy E-Chair Racing] [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/47895 Again] - EVDL<br />
** [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/47834 E-Chair Lazy Boys - Monolog or Dialog] - EVDL<br />
** [http://home.comcast.net/~stevenslough/LazyBoyRacer.jpg Steves concept photo]<br />
** [http://home.comcast.net/~stevenslough/DavesEChairTWO.JPG Dave Clouds racer #2 in progress]<br />
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/47946 Lazy Boy E-Chair Races...More Detail] - EVDL<br />
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/47953 Lazy-Boy recliner races on 9/24 in Kent, WA] - EVDL<br />
* [[Meetings_Minutes#September_13th_Meeting]] '''Where you'll find out how for get in for free as a participant'''!<br />
<br />
=== 2005, Aug 21, Sunday, Build Party at FT's ===<br />
Don 'Father Time' Crabtree had a build party for the Recliner races.<br />
Food was very abundant, but SEVA folks were not. ( unfortunately ) There was Father Time, Steve Lough , Ryan Fulcher, and Dave Barden. Enough folks to get some quality EV Building going, but not enough to eat all the chicken, baked beans, potato salad, brownies, etc. Below are some pictures of the Progress:<br />
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== 2005, Oct 22, Alt-Fuel Vehicle Rally ==<br />
Thanks to everyone who participated in Seattle Parks and Recreation's<br />
April Alternatively Fueled Vehicle Rally! <br />
<br />
October 22nd from 9:30 am-2 pm, Seattle Parks is again hosting an<br />
Alternatively Fueled Vehicle Rally, this time, at Greenlake. We'll be<br />
using the small lot near the boat house on the South Side of the lake. <br />
There is somewhat limited parking there, so registration for the even<br />
will be important. Please take a minute to send us the following<br />
information via an email to Discovery Park staffers Eileen Justice<br />
(eileen.justice@seattle.gov and discover@seattle.gov) so that they can<br />
register you for the event.<br />
<br />
As in years past, you are welcome to bring your vehicle but cannot sell<br />
anything on-site or test drive the vehicle. You're welcome to bring<br />
literature with you and to start vehicles to demonstrate. Please email<br />
us if you have questions. <br />
<br />
INFO WE NEED:<br />
* Name<br />
* Name of Company<br />
* Phone # <br />
* email address<br />
* # of vehicles <br />
* type of vehicles<br />
<br />
I know that this is a little early to advertise for October, but I'll<br />
be gone this summer working on a special assignment, so am trying to get<br />
a jump on it. <br />
<br />
Thanks again for your participation!<br />
<br />
* Jennifer Knight, Administrative Staff Assistant<br />
* Seattle Parks and Recreation<br />
* Discovery Park<br />
* 3801 W. Government Way, Seattle, 98199<br />
* (206) 733-9434; fax: (206) 684-0195<br />
<br />
"Seattle Parks and Recreation will work with all citizens to be good<br />
stewards of our environment, and to provide safe and welcoming<br />
opportunities to play, learn, contemplate and build community."<br />
* http://www.seattle.gov/parks<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
== New EVent ==<br />
<br />
== Another EVent ==</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications&diff=591User:Rjf/Prius Modifications2005-08-25T10:05:07Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* PHEV Ratings */</p>
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<div>Back to the Main Page of [[User:Rjf]] or [[Toyota Prius]].<br />
<br />
This is all entirely unofficial and I am not modifying the Prius untill the Insight is back on the road. Lookin for accessories? Check out [http://sigmaautomotive.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php sigmaautomotive.com].<br />
<br />
== Reminder Light Reset ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, while holding the ODO button<br />
**wait for reminder light to go out, then release.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Reverse Beep ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds.<br />
*While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park.<br />
*"b-on" shows on display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off".<br />
<br />
<br />
== Tachometer ==<br />
No can do, unless you know otherwise, OBD info is probably as close as it gets.<br />
Is there perhaps a Camshaft Sensor signal that could be used?<br />
<br />
<br />
== Touch screen diags ==<br />
* Hold "Info" button while turning the lights on and off 3 times.<br />
* While in the 'Diagnosis Menu', pressing the upper-left corner than the lower-right corner on the screen will give you the 'Pdm' menu<br />
* Tru the 3x light switch again while in Pdm screen.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Traction Control ==<br />
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)<br />
* Set Ign switch to ON (Power button twice)(do not start to READY)<br />
* Whilst still in "P" floor the gas pedal two times<br />
* Select "N" floor the gas pedal two times.<br />
* Select "P" floor the gas pedal two times.<br>(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)<br />
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start)<br />
<br />
Unlike EV-Mode this is strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Reprogramming the Key Fob ==<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Technical_Stuff/message/13373<br />
<br />
== Regen/Friction Brake indication ==<br />
Hobbit has put put together a [http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/bp/ hydrolic brake pressure sensor] system to give feedback on the brake system.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Enabling EV-mode Button "H14 #27 to ground" ==<br />
The EV-Mode Button is a standard part of the Japan and EU Prius but was not installed in the US versions, perhaps because of extended warranties in Ca due to AT-PZEV regulations and qualifications criteria. The US Prius is still entirely aware of the EV-Mode though it can never get the signal or command to enter or exit the mode because a wire, light and button are missing. EV-Mode is a very ''enlightening'' feature as it ''encourages'' the Prius to stay in it's electric mode for far longer than it normally would.<br />
It will normally drive 1 to 2 miles and up to 3 miles on a fully charged battery, after which it must restart the engine and use gassoline to recharge the battery.<br />
It is not a good idea to fully cycle the battery often as this decreases any batteries life and is not helpfull for mileage if use improperly. If used correctly is can be advantagious for times when you know you won't need to start the engine. It's also fun for showing off and offers a small glimps of the potential of electric vehicles.<br />
[http://www.coastaletech.com CoastalTech.com] has a well intigrated 3-wire EV-Button kit with easy instructions or [ someone] has more information for "do it yourself" kind of people. I'm looking for the steering pad wire diagram as I'de like to use the recirculation button as the ev-button.<br />
<br />
Four things that cancel EV-Mode.<br />
* Battery reaches 2 out of 8 battery bars worth of charge.<br />
* Speed reaches 34mph.<br />
** EV-only driving regularly occures even at freeway speeds when there is ample battery energy.<br />
* Accellerator peddle is depressed more than half to 3/4 of the way down. <br />
* Pushing EV-Mode button.<br />
<br />
== Enabling even more Electric Vehicle features ==<br />
Those features which you may associate with Hybrids may actually be electric vehicle features such as no idleing, quiet opperation, and regenerative braking.<br />
Unfortunently as of yet many of the greatest aspects of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs are not available in current Hybrids.<br />
The EV-Button still doesn't allow you to recharge the batteries with electricity from a fuel source of your choice. Though it does hold the potential of a fuel choice which is already widely available and potentially renewable. By Plugging-In to an electrical outlet you can dramatically improve your ''gas'' mileage. The Grid is far more capable of supporting a large number of BEVs or PHEVs before it would require additional capacity, in fact it may help to ''ballance'' the grid.<br />
<br />
Projects like the Prius Plus, CalCars.org, EnergyCS, and EDrive<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/messages Yahoo PriusPlus] - Jul 1, 2004<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/messages Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids] - Sep 15, 2003<br />
<br />
* [http://www.calcars.org calcars.org]<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/PriusPlusComponents040826.pdf<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/priusplusfactsheet-v1.9.pdf<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/messages Yahoo Prius_MiniScanner_MarkIII] - THS Prius<br />
<br />
* http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm - Clasic Prius<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index]<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2FNENPIKEI.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/FNENPIKEI]<br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius vassfamily.net] - CAN-Bus and other Hacks.<br />
<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/75790<br />
<br />
== PHEV Ratings ==<br />
A '''PHEV''' is a '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle, usuaily also augmented with a -## that denotes it's BEV range, a PHEV-20 would have a 20 mile range on electricity before gassoline would be required.<br />
<br />
There has been a lot of discussion on rescent "250 mpg" claims from the Prius+ folks and/or the press and media from people who point out the lack of consideration for the electric fuel that skews those mileage figures. I <br />
[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/message/1821 Posted] this and it's the latest summary of the whole situation.<br />
<br />
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488<br />
* http://www.hev.utulsa.edu<br />
* http://www.tourdesol.org<br />
* http://www.challengex.org<br />
* http://www.team-fate.net<br />
* http://www.edrivesystems.com<br />
* http://www.calcars.org<br />
* http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour<br />
** MPGe = <br />
** [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22 Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis"] 810<br />
** [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+vehicle Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + vehicle] 373<br />
** [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+hybrid+%2B+vehicle+%2B+rating Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + hybrid + vehicle + rating] 77<br />
** [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+%22Tour+Del+Sol%22 Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + "Tour Del Sol"] 1 - http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress<br />
<br />
''Prepair for a Tangent !''<br><br />
--- In priusplus@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Strattan" wrote:<br><br />
> This then gves a more accurate indication of the fuel<br><br />
> economy related back to raw energy used from fossil fuel sources.<br><br />
<br />
Wouldn't it be interesting to use raw solar energy as the original<br><br />
source and then re-run the analysis. Here's what I came up with:<br />
* Solar Energy->Wind->EV Transportation= 36.000% Effecient<br />
* Solar Energy->PV->EV Transportation == 10.400% Effecient<br />
* Solar Energy->FF->ICE Transportation = 0.0008% Effecient + Time<br />
** So BEV's might be considered 45,000 times more effecient.<br />
*** http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/10433<br />
*** http://groups.yahoo.com/group/2004-prius/message/29200<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
I can see both sides of the argument, some prefer to consider the electric energy usage seperately since it's properties, like Cost, CO2, and Effeciency vary far more than gassoline. Some people may even generate their own electricity, in which case their electric energy is essentially free once the initial investment in the collection technologies is paid off.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/41311]<br />
what I've come up with.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== My PHEV empg ( unofficial ) ===<br />
<br />
I use $0.06/kWh. The Prius achieves 3 miles per kWh and 50 mpg.<br />
I'm using 33.6kWh/gal to calculate kWh '''E'''quivilant mpg or '''empg'''.<br />
Calculation formula is:<br><br />
Total Distance - PHEV-Range = Distance using Gassoline.<br><br />
Distance using Gassoline / gas mpg = Gassoline Consumption.<br><br />
Gassoline Consumption + kWh gas equivilant / Total Distance = empg.<br />
<br />
*PHEV-20 (6.6 kWh, $0.40) = 0.2 gas gal equivilant<br />
**Total Distance, Gassoline used = Empg / mpg (electricity considered seperately)<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 67 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 60 empg / 75 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 57 empg / 80 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.60 gas gal = 55 empg / 62 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-40 (13.3kWh, $0.80) = 0.4 gas gal equivilant<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 75 empg / 150 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 66 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 62 empg / 83 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-80 (26.6kWh, $1.60) = 0.8 gas gal equivilant<br />
**80 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
<br />
Note also that various vehicles with achieve different miles/kWh and mpg.<br />
The ACP T-Zero achieves 6miles/kWh and ~30mpg.<br />
...T-Zero table...</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications&diff=589User:Rjf/Prius Modifications2005-08-25T08:14:51Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* PHEV Ratings */ Tangent</p>
<hr />
<div>Back to the Main Page of [[User:Rjf]] or [[Toyota Prius]].<br />
<br />
This is all entirely unofficial and I am not modifying the Prius untill the Insight is back on the road. Lookin for accessories? Check out [http://sigmaautomotive.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php sigmaautomotive.com].<br />
<br />
== Reminder Light Reset ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, while holding the ODO button<br />
**wait for reminder light to go out, then release.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Reverse Beep ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds.<br />
*While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park.<br />
*"b-on" shows on display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off".<br />
<br />
<br />
== Tachometer ==<br />
No can do, unless you know otherwise, OBD info is probably as close as it gets.<br />
Is there perhaps a Camshaft Sensor signal that could be used?<br />
<br />
<br />
== Touch screen diags ==<br />
* Hold "Info" button while turning the lights on and off 3 times.<br />
* While in the 'Diagnosis Menu', pressing the upper-left corner than the lower-right corner on the screen will give you the 'Pdm' menu<br />
* Tru the 3x light switch again while in Pdm screen.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Traction Control ==<br />
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)<br />
* Set Ign switch to ON (Power button twice)(do not start to READY)<br />
* Whilst still in "P" floor the gas pedal two times<br />
* Select "N" floor the gas pedal two times.<br />
* Select "P" floor the gas pedal two times.<br>(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)<br />
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start)<br />
<br />
Unlike EV-Mode this is strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Regen/Friction Brake indication ==<br />
Hobbit has put put together a [http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/bp/ hydrolic brake pressure sensor] system to give feedback on the brake system.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Enabling EV-mode Button "H14 #27 to ground" ==<br />
The EV-Mode Button is a standard part of the Japan and EU Prius but was not installed in the US versions, perhaps because of extended warranties in Ca due to AT-PZEV regulations and qualifications criteria. The US Prius is still entirely aware of the EV-Mode though it can never get the signal or command to enter or exit the mode because a wire, light and button are missing. EV-Mode is a very ''enlightening'' feature as it ''encourages'' the Prius to stay in it's electric mode for far longer than it normally would.<br />
It will normally drive 1 to 2 miles and up to 3 miles on a fully charged battery, after which it must restart the engine and use gassoline to recharge the battery.<br />
It is not a good idea to fully cycle the battery often as this decreases any batteries life and is not helpfull for mileage if use improperly. If used correctly is can be advantagious for times when you know you won't need to start the engine. It's also fun for showing off and offers a small glimps of the potential of electric vehicles.<br />
[http://www.coastaletech.com CoastalTech.com] has a well intigrated 3-wire EV-Button kit with easy instructions or [ someone] has more information for "do it yourself" kind of people. I'm looking for the steering pad wire diagram as I'de like to use the recirculation button as the ev-button.<br />
<br />
Four things that cancel EV-Mode.<br />
* Battery reaches 2 out of 8 battery bars worth of charge.<br />
* Speed reaches 34mph.<br />
** EV-only driving regularly occures even at freeway speeds when there is ample battery energy.<br />
* Accellerator peddle is depressed more than half to 3/4 of the way down. <br />
* Pushing EV-Mode button.<br />
<br />
== Enabling even more Electric Vehicle features ==<br />
Those features which you may associate with Hybrids may actually be electric vehicle features such as no idleing, quiet opperation, and regenerative braking.<br />
Unfortunently as of yet many of the greatest aspects of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs are not available in current Hybrids.<br />
The EV-Button still doesn't allow you to recharge the batteries with electricity from a fuel source of your choice. Though it does hold the potential of a fuel choice which is already widely available and potentially renewable. By Plugging-In to an electrical outlet you can dramatically improve your ''gas'' mileage. The Grid is far more capable of supporting a large number of BEVs or PHEVs before it would require additional capacity, in fact it may help to ''ballance'' the grid.<br />
<br />
Projects like the Prius Plus, CalCars.org, EnergyCS, and EDrive<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/messages Yahoo PriusPlus] - Jul 1, 2004<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/messages Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids] - Sep 15, 2003<br />
<br />
* [http://www.calcars.org calcars.org]<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/PriusPlusComponents040826.pdf<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/priusplusfactsheet-v1.9.pdf<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/messages Yahoo Prius_MiniScanner_MarkIII] - THS Prius<br />
<br />
* http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm - Clasic Prius<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index]<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2FNENPIKEI.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/FNENPIKEI]<br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius vassfamily.net] - CAN-Bus and other Hacks.<br />
<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/75790<br />
<br />
== PHEV Ratings ==<br />
A '''PHEV''' is a '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle, usuaily also augmented with a -## that denotes it's BEV range, a PHEV-20 would have a 20 mile range on electricity before gassoline would be required.<br />
<br />
There has been a lot of discussion on rescent "250 mpg" claims from the Prius+ folks from people who point out the lack of consideration for the electric fuel that makes those mileage figures possible. Here's a <br />
[http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488 Great Yahoo Post] on the topic of ratings for such vehicles, ''"The TdS uses the direct conversion of lectricity at the charger input at 3,412 BTU/kWh and 115,500 BTU/gallon of conventional gasoline. Everything is converted to gallons of conventional gasoline."''.<br />
<br />
* http://www.hev.utulsa.edu<br />
* http://www.tourdesol.org<br />
* http://www.challengex.org<br />
* http://www.team-fate.net<br />
* http://www.edrivesystems.com<br />
* http://www.calcars.org<br />
* http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour<br />
* MPGe = <br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22 Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis"] 810<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+vehicle Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + vehicle] 373<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+hybrid+%2B+vehicle+%2B+rating Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + hybrid + vehicle + rating] 77<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+%22Tour+Del+Sol%22 Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + "Tour Del Sol"] 1 - http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress<br />
<br />
''Prepair for a Tangent !''<br><br />
--- In priusplus@yahoogroups.com, "Robert Strattan" wrote:<br><br />
> This then gves a more accurate indication of the fuel<br><br />
> economy related back to raw energy used from fossil fuel sources.<br><br />
<br />
Wouldn't it be interesting to use raw solar energy as the original<br><br />
source and then re-run the analysis. Here's what I came up with:<br />
* Solar Energy->Wind->EV Transportation= 36.000% Effecient<br />
* Solar Energy->PV->EV Transportation == 10.400% Effecient<br />
* Solar Energy->FF->ICE Transportation = 0.0008% Effecient + Time<br />
* So BEV's might be considered 45,000 times more effecient.<br />
<br />
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ev-list-archive/message/10433<br />
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/2004-prius/message/29200<br />
<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
I can see both sides of the argument, some prefer to consider the electric energy usage seperately since it's properties, like Cost, CO2, and Effeciency vary far more than gassoline. Some people may even generate their own electricity, in which case their electric energy is essentially free once the initial investment in the collection technologies is paid off.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/41311]<br />
what I've come up with.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== My PHEV empg ( unofficial ) ===<br />
<br />
I use $0.06/kWh. The Prius achieves 3 miles per kWh and 50 mpg.<br />
I'm using 33.6kWh/gal to calculate kWh '''E'''quivilant mpg or '''empg'''.<br />
Calculation formula is:<br><br />
Total Distance - PHEV-Range = Distance using Gassoline.<br><br />
Distance using Gassoline / gas mpg = Gassoline Consumption.<br><br />
Gassoline Consumption + kWh gas equivilant / Total Distance = empg.<br />
<br />
*PHEV-20 (6.6 kWh, $0.40) = 0.2 gas gal equivilant<br />
**Total Distance, Gassoline used = Empg / mpg (electricity considered seperately)<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 67 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 60 empg / 75 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 57 empg / 80 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.60 gas gal = 55 empg / 62 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-40 (13.3kWh, $0.80) = 0.4 gas gal equivilant<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 75 empg / 150 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 66 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 62 empg / 83 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-80 (26.6kWh, $1.60) = 0.8 gas gal equivilant<br />
**80 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
<br />
Note also that various vehicles with achieve different miles/kWh and mpg.<br />
The ACP T-Zero achieves 6miles/kWh and ~30mpg.<br />
...T-Zero table...</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications&diff=588User:Rjf/Prius Modifications2005-08-25T08:07:23Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* PHEV Ratings */</p>
<hr />
<div>Back to the Main Page of [[User:Rjf]] or [[Toyota Prius]].<br />
<br />
This is all entirely unofficial and I am not modifying the Prius untill the Insight is back on the road. Lookin for accessories? Check out [http://sigmaautomotive.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php sigmaautomotive.com].<br />
<br />
== Reminder Light Reset ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, while holding the ODO button<br />
**wait for reminder light to go out, then release.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Reverse Beep ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds.<br />
*While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park.<br />
*"b-on" shows on display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off".<br />
<br />
<br />
== Tachometer ==<br />
No can do, unless you know otherwise, OBD info is probably as close as it gets.<br />
Is there perhaps a Camshaft Sensor signal that could be used?<br />
<br />
<br />
== Touch screen diags ==<br />
* Hold "Info" button while turning the lights on and off 3 times.<br />
* While in the 'Diagnosis Menu', pressing the upper-left corner than the lower-right corner on the screen will give you the 'Pdm' menu<br />
* Tru the 3x light switch again while in Pdm screen.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Traction Control ==<br />
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)<br />
* Set Ign switch to ON (Power button twice)(do not start to READY)<br />
* Whilst still in "P" floor the gas pedal two times<br />
* Select "N" floor the gas pedal two times.<br />
* Select "P" floor the gas pedal two times.<br>(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)<br />
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start)<br />
<br />
Unlike EV-Mode this is strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Regen/Friction Brake indication ==<br />
Hobbit has put put together a [http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/bp/ hydrolic brake pressure sensor] system to give feedback on the brake system.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Enabling EV-mode Button "H14 #27 to ground" ==<br />
The EV-Mode Button is a standard part of the Japan and EU Prius but was not installed in the US versions, perhaps because of extended warranties in Ca due to AT-PZEV regulations and qualifications criteria. The US Prius is still entirely aware of the EV-Mode though it can never get the signal or command to enter or exit the mode because a wire, light and button are missing. EV-Mode is a very ''enlightening'' feature as it ''encourages'' the Prius to stay in it's electric mode for far longer than it normally would.<br />
It will normally drive 1 to 2 miles and up to 3 miles on a fully charged battery, after which it must restart the engine and use gassoline to recharge the battery.<br />
It is not a good idea to fully cycle the battery often as this decreases any batteries life and is not helpfull for mileage if use improperly. If used correctly is can be advantagious for times when you know you won't need to start the engine. It's also fun for showing off and offers a small glimps of the potential of electric vehicles.<br />
[http://www.coastaletech.com CoastalTech.com] has a well intigrated 3-wire EV-Button kit with easy instructions or [ someone] has more information for "do it yourself" kind of people. I'm looking for the steering pad wire diagram as I'de like to use the recirculation button as the ev-button.<br />
<br />
Four things that cancel EV-Mode.<br />
* Battery reaches 2 out of 8 battery bars worth of charge.<br />
* Speed reaches 34mph.<br />
** EV-only driving regularly occures even at freeway speeds when there is ample battery energy.<br />
* Accellerator peddle is depressed more than half to 3/4 of the way down. <br />
* Pushing EV-Mode button.<br />
<br />
== Enabling even more Electric Vehicle features ==<br />
Those features which you may associate with Hybrids may actually be electric vehicle features such as no idleing, quiet opperation, and regenerative braking.<br />
Unfortunently as of yet many of the greatest aspects of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs are not available in current Hybrids.<br />
The EV-Button still doesn't allow you to recharge the batteries with electricity from a fuel source of your choice. Though it does hold the potential of a fuel choice which is already widely available and potentially renewable. By Plugging-In to an electrical outlet you can dramatically improve your ''gas'' mileage. The Grid is far more capable of supporting a large number of BEVs or PHEVs before it would require additional capacity, in fact it may help to ''ballance'' the grid.<br />
<br />
Projects like the Prius Plus, CalCars.org, EnergyCS, and EDrive<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/messages Yahoo PriusPlus] - Jul 1, 2004<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/messages Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids] - Sep 15, 2003<br />
<br />
* [http://www.calcars.org calcars.org]<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/PriusPlusComponents040826.pdf<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/priusplusfactsheet-v1.9.pdf<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/messages Yahoo Prius_MiniScanner_MarkIII] - THS Prius<br />
<br />
* http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm - Clasic Prius<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index]<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2FNENPIKEI.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/FNENPIKEI]<br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius vassfamily.net] - CAN-Bus and other Hacks.<br />
<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/75790<br />
<br />
== PHEV Ratings ==<br />
A '''PHEV''' is a '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle, usuaily also augmented with a -## that denotes it's BEV range, a PHEV-20 would have a 20 mile range on electricity before gassoline would be required.<br />
<br />
There has been a lot of discussion on rescent "250 mpg" claims from the Prius+ folks from people who point out the lack of consideration for the electric fuel that makes those mileage figures possible. Here's a <br />
[http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488 Great Yahoo Post] on the topic of ratings for such vehicles, ''"The TdS uses the direct conversion of lectricity at the charger input at 3,412 BTU/kWh and 115,500 BTU/gallon of conventional gasoline. Everything is converted to gallons of conventional gasoline."''.<br />
<br />
* http://www.hev.utulsa.edu<br />
* http://www.tourdesol.org<br />
* http://www.challengex.org<br />
* http://www.team-fate.net<br />
* http://www.edrivesystems.com<br />
* http://www.calcars.org<br />
* http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour<br />
* MPGe = <br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22 Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis"] 810<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+vehicle Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + vehicle] 373<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+hybrid+%2B+vehicle+%2B+rating Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + hybrid + vehicle + rating] 77<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+%22Tour+Del+Sol%22 Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + "Tour Del Sol"] 1 - http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
I can see both sides of the argument, some prefer to consider the electric energy usage seperately since it's properties, like Cost, CO2, and Effeciency vary far more than gassoline. Some people may even generate their own electricity, in which case their electric energy is essentially free once the initial investment in the collection technologies is paid off.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/41311]<br />
what I've come up with.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== My PHEV empg ( unofficial ) ===<br />
<br />
I use $0.06/kWh. The Prius achieves 3 miles per kWh and 50 mpg.<br />
I'm using 33.6kWh/gal to calculate kWh '''E'''quivilant mpg or '''empg'''.<br />
Calculation formula is:<br><br />
Total Distance - PHEV-Range = Distance using Gassoline.<br><br />
Distance using Gassoline / gas mpg = Gassoline Consumption.<br><br />
Gassoline Consumption + kWh gas equivilant / Total Distance = empg.<br />
<br />
*PHEV-20 (6.6 kWh, $0.40) = 0.2 gas gal equivilant<br />
**Total Distance, Gassoline used = Empg / mpg (electricity considered seperately)<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 67 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 60 empg / 75 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 57 empg / 80 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.60 gas gal = 55 empg / 62 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-40 (13.3kWh, $0.80) = 0.4 gas gal equivilant<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 75 empg / 150 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 66 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 62 empg / 83 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-80 (26.6kWh, $1.60) = 0.8 gas gal equivilant<br />
**80 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
<br />
Note also that various vehicles with achieve different miles/kWh and mpg.<br />
The ACP T-Zero achieves 6miles/kWh and ~30mpg.<br />
...T-Zero table...</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications&diff=587User:Rjf/Prius Modifications2005-08-25T08:06:53Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* PHEV Ratings */</p>
<hr />
<div>Back to the Main Page of [[User:Rjf]] or [[Toyota Prius]].<br />
<br />
This is all entirely unofficial and I am not modifying the Prius untill the Insight is back on the road. Lookin for accessories? Check out [http://sigmaautomotive.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php sigmaautomotive.com].<br />
<br />
== Reminder Light Reset ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, while holding the ODO button<br />
**wait for reminder light to go out, then release.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Reverse Beep ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds.<br />
*While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park.<br />
*"b-on" shows on display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off".<br />
<br />
<br />
== Tachometer ==<br />
No can do, unless you know otherwise, OBD info is probably as close as it gets.<br />
Is there perhaps a Camshaft Sensor signal that could be used?<br />
<br />
<br />
== Touch screen diags ==<br />
* Hold "Info" button while turning the lights on and off 3 times.<br />
* While in the 'Diagnosis Menu', pressing the upper-left corner than the lower-right corner on the screen will give you the 'Pdm' menu<br />
* Tru the 3x light switch again while in Pdm screen.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Traction Control ==<br />
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)<br />
* Set Ign switch to ON (Power button twice)(do not start to READY)<br />
* Whilst still in "P" floor the gas pedal two times<br />
* Select "N" floor the gas pedal two times.<br />
* Select "P" floor the gas pedal two times.<br>(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)<br />
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start)<br />
<br />
Unlike EV-Mode this is strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Regen/Friction Brake indication ==<br />
Hobbit has put put together a [http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/bp/ hydrolic brake pressure sensor] system to give feedback on the brake system.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Enabling EV-mode Button "H14 #27 to ground" ==<br />
The EV-Mode Button is a standard part of the Japan and EU Prius but was not installed in the US versions, perhaps because of extended warranties in Ca due to AT-PZEV regulations and qualifications criteria. The US Prius is still entirely aware of the EV-Mode though it can never get the signal or command to enter or exit the mode because a wire, light and button are missing. EV-Mode is a very ''enlightening'' feature as it ''encourages'' the Prius to stay in it's electric mode for far longer than it normally would.<br />
It will normally drive 1 to 2 miles and up to 3 miles on a fully charged battery, after which it must restart the engine and use gassoline to recharge the battery.<br />
It is not a good idea to fully cycle the battery often as this decreases any batteries life and is not helpfull for mileage if use improperly. If used correctly is can be advantagious for times when you know you won't need to start the engine. It's also fun for showing off and offers a small glimps of the potential of electric vehicles.<br />
[http://www.coastaletech.com CoastalTech.com] has a well intigrated 3-wire EV-Button kit with easy instructions or [ someone] has more information for "do it yourself" kind of people. I'm looking for the steering pad wire diagram as I'de like to use the recirculation button as the ev-button.<br />
<br />
Four things that cancel EV-Mode.<br />
* Battery reaches 2 out of 8 battery bars worth of charge.<br />
* Speed reaches 34mph.<br />
** EV-only driving regularly occures even at freeway speeds when there is ample battery energy.<br />
* Accellerator peddle is depressed more than half to 3/4 of the way down. <br />
* Pushing EV-Mode button.<br />
<br />
== Enabling even more Electric Vehicle features ==<br />
Those features which you may associate with Hybrids may actually be electric vehicle features such as no idleing, quiet opperation, and regenerative braking.<br />
Unfortunently as of yet many of the greatest aspects of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs are not available in current Hybrids.<br />
The EV-Button still doesn't allow you to recharge the batteries with electricity from a fuel source of your choice. Though it does hold the potential of a fuel choice which is already widely available and potentially renewable. By Plugging-In to an electrical outlet you can dramatically improve your ''gas'' mileage. The Grid is far more capable of supporting a large number of BEVs or PHEVs before it would require additional capacity, in fact it may help to ''ballance'' the grid.<br />
<br />
Projects like the Prius Plus, CalCars.org, EnergyCS, and EDrive<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/messages Yahoo PriusPlus] - Jul 1, 2004<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/messages Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids] - Sep 15, 2003<br />
<br />
* [http://www.calcars.org calcars.org]<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/PriusPlusComponents040826.pdf<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/priusplusfactsheet-v1.9.pdf<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/messages Yahoo Prius_MiniScanner_MarkIII] - THS Prius<br />
<br />
* http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm - Clasic Prius<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index]<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2FNENPIKEI.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/FNENPIKEI]<br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius vassfamily.net] - CAN-Bus and other Hacks.<br />
<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/75790<br />
<br />
== PHEV Ratings ==<br />
A '''PHEV''' is a '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle, usuaily also augmented with a -## that denotes it's BEV range, a PHEV-20 would have a 20 mile range on electricity before gassoline would be required.<br />
<br />
There has been a lot of discussion on rescent "250 mpg" claims from the Prius+ folks from people who point out the lack of consideration for the electric fuel that makes those mileage figures possible. Here's a <br />
[http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488 Great Yahoo Post] on the topic of ratings for such vehicles, ''"The TdS uses the direct conversion of lectricity at the charger input at 3,412 BTU/kWh and 115,500 BTU/gallon of conventional gasoline. Everything is converted to gallons of conventional gasoline."''.<br />
<br />
* http://www.hev.utulsa.edu<br />
* http://www.tourdesol.org<br />
* http://www.challengex.org<br />
* http://www.team-fate.net<br />
* http://www.edrivesystems.com<br />
* http://www.calcars.org<br />
* http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour<br />
* MPGe = <br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22 Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis"] 810<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+vehicle Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + vehicle] 373<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+hybrid+%2B+vehicle+%2B+rating Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + hybrid + vehicle + rating] 77<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+%22Tour+Del+Sol%22 Google Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + "Tour Del Sol"] 1 - http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
I can see both sides of the argument, some prefer to consider the electric energy usage seperately since it's properties, like Cost, CO2, and Effeciency vary far more than gassoline. Some people may even generate their own electricity, in which case their electric energy is essentially free once the initial investment in the collection technologies is paid off.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/41311]<br />
what I've come up with.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== My PHEV empg ( unofficial ) ===<br />
<br />
I use $0.06/kWh. The Prius achieves 3 miles per kWh and 50 mpg.<br />
I'm using 33.6kWh/gal to calculate kWh '''E'''quivilant mpg or '''empg'''.<br />
Calculation formula is:<br><br />
Total Distance - PHEV-Range = Distance using Gassoline.<br><br />
Distance using Gassoline / gas mpg = Gassoline Consumption.<br><br />
Gassoline Consumption + kWh gas equivilant / Total Distance = empg.<br />
<br />
*PHEV-20 (6.6 kWh, $0.40) = 0.2 gas gal equivilant<br />
**Total Distance, Gassoline used = Empg / mpg (electricity considered seperately)<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 67 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 60 empg / 75 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 57 empg / 80 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.60 gas gal = 55 empg / 62 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-40 (13.3kWh, $0.80) = 0.4 gas gal equivilant<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 75 empg / 150 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 66 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 62 empg / 83 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-80 (26.6kWh, $1.60) = 0.8 gas gal equivilant<br />
**80 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
<br />
Note also that various vehicles with achieve different miles/kWh and mpg.<br />
The ACP T-Zero achieves 6miles/kWh and ~30mpg.<br />
...T-Zero table...</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications&diff=586User:Rjf/Prius Modifications2005-08-25T08:06:06Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* PHEV Ratings */</p>
<hr />
<div>Back to the Main Page of [[User:Rjf]] or [[Toyota Prius]].<br />
<br />
This is all entirely unofficial and I am not modifying the Prius untill the Insight is back on the road. Lookin for accessories? Check out [http://sigmaautomotive.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php sigmaautomotive.com].<br />
<br />
== Reminder Light Reset ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, while holding the ODO button<br />
**wait for reminder light to go out, then release.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Reverse Beep ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds.<br />
*While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park.<br />
*"b-on" shows on display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off".<br />
<br />
<br />
== Tachometer ==<br />
No can do, unless you know otherwise, OBD info is probably as close as it gets.<br />
Is there perhaps a Camshaft Sensor signal that could be used?<br />
<br />
<br />
== Touch screen diags ==<br />
* Hold "Info" button while turning the lights on and off 3 times.<br />
* While in the 'Diagnosis Menu', pressing the upper-left corner than the lower-right corner on the screen will give you the 'Pdm' menu<br />
* Tru the 3x light switch again while in Pdm screen.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Traction Control ==<br />
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)<br />
* Set Ign switch to ON (Power button twice)(do not start to READY)<br />
* Whilst still in "P" floor the gas pedal two times<br />
* Select "N" floor the gas pedal two times.<br />
* Select "P" floor the gas pedal two times.<br>(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)<br />
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start)<br />
<br />
Unlike EV-Mode this is strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Regen/Friction Brake indication ==<br />
Hobbit has put put together a [http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/bp/ hydrolic brake pressure sensor] system to give feedback on the brake system.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Enabling EV-mode Button "H14 #27 to ground" ==<br />
The EV-Mode Button is a standard part of the Japan and EU Prius but was not installed in the US versions, perhaps because of extended warranties in Ca due to AT-PZEV regulations and qualifications criteria. The US Prius is still entirely aware of the EV-Mode though it can never get the signal or command to enter or exit the mode because a wire, light and button are missing. EV-Mode is a very ''enlightening'' feature as it ''encourages'' the Prius to stay in it's electric mode for far longer than it normally would.<br />
It will normally drive 1 to 2 miles and up to 3 miles on a fully charged battery, after which it must restart the engine and use gassoline to recharge the battery.<br />
It is not a good idea to fully cycle the battery often as this decreases any batteries life and is not helpfull for mileage if use improperly. If used correctly is can be advantagious for times when you know you won't need to start the engine. It's also fun for showing off and offers a small glimps of the potential of electric vehicles.<br />
[http://www.coastaletech.com CoastalTech.com] has a well intigrated 3-wire EV-Button kit with easy instructions or [ someone] has more information for "do it yourself" kind of people. I'm looking for the steering pad wire diagram as I'de like to use the recirculation button as the ev-button.<br />
<br />
Four things that cancel EV-Mode.<br />
* Battery reaches 2 out of 8 battery bars worth of charge.<br />
* Speed reaches 34mph.<br />
** EV-only driving regularly occures even at freeway speeds when there is ample battery energy.<br />
* Accellerator peddle is depressed more than half to 3/4 of the way down. <br />
* Pushing EV-Mode button.<br />
<br />
== Enabling even more Electric Vehicle features ==<br />
Those features which you may associate with Hybrids may actually be electric vehicle features such as no idleing, quiet opperation, and regenerative braking.<br />
Unfortunently as of yet many of the greatest aspects of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs are not available in current Hybrids.<br />
The EV-Button still doesn't allow you to recharge the batteries with electricity from a fuel source of your choice. Though it does hold the potential of a fuel choice which is already widely available and potentially renewable. By Plugging-In to an electrical outlet you can dramatically improve your ''gas'' mileage. The Grid is far more capable of supporting a large number of BEVs or PHEVs before it would require additional capacity, in fact it may help to ''ballance'' the grid.<br />
<br />
Projects like the Prius Plus, CalCars.org, EnergyCS, and EDrive<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/messages Yahoo PriusPlus] - Jul 1, 2004<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/messages Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids] - Sep 15, 2003<br />
<br />
* [http://www.calcars.org calcars.org]<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/PriusPlusComponents040826.pdf<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/priusplusfactsheet-v1.9.pdf<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/messages Yahoo Prius_MiniScanner_MarkIII] - THS Prius<br />
<br />
* http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm - Clasic Prius<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index]<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2FNENPIKEI.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/FNENPIKEI]<br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius vassfamily.net] - CAN-Bus and other Hacks.<br />
<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/75790<br />
<br />
== PHEV Ratings ==<br />
A '''PHEV''' is a '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle, usuaily also augmented with a -## that denotes it's BEV range, a PHEV-20 would have a 20 mile range on electricity before gassoline would be required.<br />
<br />
There has been a lot of discussion on rescent "250 mpg" claims from the Prius+ folks from people who point out the lack of consideration for the electric fuel that makes those mileage figures possible. Here's a <br />
[http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488 Great Yahoo Post] on the topic of ratings for such vehicles, ''"The TdS uses the direct conversion of lectricity at the charger input at 3,412 BTU/kWh and 115,500 BTU/gallon of conventional gasoline. Everything is converted to gallons of conventional gasoline."''.<br />
<br />
* http://www.hev.utulsa.edu<br />
* http://www.tourdesol.org<br />
* http://www.challengex.org<br />
* http://www.team-fate.net<br />
* http://www.edrivesystems.com<br />
* http://www.calcars.org<br />
* http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour<br />
* MPGe = <br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22 "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis"] 810<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+vehicle Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + vehicle] 373<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+hybrid+%2B+vehicle+%2B+rating Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + hybrid + vehicle + rating] 77<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+%22Tour+Del+Sol%22 Google Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + "Tour Del Sol"] 1 - http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress<br />
<br />
----<br />
<br />
I can see both sides of the argument, some prefer to consider the electric energy usage seperately since it's properties, like Cost, CO2, and Effeciency vary far more than gassoline. Some people may even generate their own electricity, in which case their electric energy is essentially free once the initial investment in the collection technologies is paid off.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/41311]<br />
what I've come up with.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== My PHEV empg ( unofficial ) ===<br />
<br />
I use $0.06/kWh. The Prius achieves 3 miles per kWh and 50 mpg.<br />
I'm using 33.6kWh/gal to calculate kWh '''E'''quivilant mpg or '''empg'''.<br />
Calculation formula is:<br><br />
Total Distance - PHEV-Range = Distance using Gassoline.<br><br />
Distance using Gassoline / gas mpg = Gassoline Consumption.<br><br />
Gassoline Consumption + kWh gas equivilant / Total Distance = empg.<br />
<br />
*PHEV-20 (6.6 kWh, $0.40) = 0.2 gas gal equivilant<br />
**Total Distance, Gassoline used = Empg / mpg (electricity considered seperately)<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 67 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 60 empg / 75 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 57 empg / 80 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.60 gas gal = 55 empg / 62 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-40 (13.3kWh, $0.80) = 0.4 gas gal equivilant<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 75 empg / 150 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 66 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 62 empg / 83 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-80 (26.6kWh, $1.60) = 0.8 gas gal equivilant<br />
**80 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
<br />
Note also that various vehicles with achieve different miles/kWh and mpg.<br />
The ACP T-Zero achieves 6miles/kWh and ~30mpg.<br />
...T-Zero table...</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications&diff=585User:Rjf/Prius Modifications2005-08-25T08:04:57Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* PHEV Ratings */</p>
<hr />
<div>Back to the Main Page of [[User:Rjf]] or [[Toyota Prius]].<br />
<br />
This is all entirely unofficial and I am not modifying the Prius untill the Insight is back on the road. Lookin for accessories? Check out [http://sigmaautomotive.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php sigmaautomotive.com].<br />
<br />
== Reminder Light Reset ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, while holding the ODO button<br />
**wait for reminder light to go out, then release.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Reverse Beep ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds.<br />
*While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park.<br />
*"b-on" shows on display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off".<br />
<br />
<br />
== Tachometer ==<br />
No can do, unless you know otherwise, OBD info is probably as close as it gets.<br />
Is there perhaps a Camshaft Sensor signal that could be used?<br />
<br />
<br />
== Touch screen diags ==<br />
* Hold "Info" button while turning the lights on and off 3 times.<br />
* While in the 'Diagnosis Menu', pressing the upper-left corner than the lower-right corner on the screen will give you the 'Pdm' menu<br />
* Tru the 3x light switch again while in Pdm screen.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Disabling Traction Control ==<br />
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)<br />
* Set Ign switch to ON (Power button twice)(do not start to READY)<br />
* Whilst still in "P" floor the gas pedal two times<br />
* Select "N" floor the gas pedal two times.<br />
* Select "P" floor the gas pedal two times.<br>(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)<br />
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start)<br />
<br />
Unlike EV-Mode this is strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Regen/Friction Brake indication ==<br />
Hobbit has put put together a [http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/bp/ hydrolic brake pressure sensor] system to give feedback on the brake system.<br />
<br />
<br />
== Enabling EV-mode Button "H14 #27 to ground" ==<br />
The EV-Mode Button is a standard part of the Japan and EU Prius but was not installed in the US versions, perhaps because of extended warranties in Ca due to AT-PZEV regulations and qualifications criteria. The US Prius is still entirely aware of the EV-Mode though it can never get the signal or command to enter or exit the mode because a wire, light and button are missing. EV-Mode is a very ''enlightening'' feature as it ''encourages'' the Prius to stay in it's electric mode for far longer than it normally would.<br />
It will normally drive 1 to 2 miles and up to 3 miles on a fully charged battery, after which it must restart the engine and use gassoline to recharge the battery.<br />
It is not a good idea to fully cycle the battery often as this decreases any batteries life and is not helpfull for mileage if use improperly. If used correctly is can be advantagious for times when you know you won't need to start the engine. It's also fun for showing off and offers a small glimps of the potential of electric vehicles.<br />
[http://www.coastaletech.com CoastalTech.com] has a well intigrated 3-wire EV-Button kit with easy instructions or [ someone] has more information for "do it yourself" kind of people. I'm looking for the steering pad wire diagram as I'de like to use the recirculation button as the ev-button.<br />
<br />
Four things that cancel EV-Mode.<br />
* Battery reaches 2 out of 8 battery bars worth of charge.<br />
* Speed reaches 34mph.<br />
** EV-only driving regularly occures even at freeway speeds when there is ample battery energy.<br />
* Accellerator peddle is depressed more than half to 3/4 of the way down. <br />
* Pushing EV-Mode button.<br />
<br />
== Enabling even more Electric Vehicle features ==<br />
Those features which you may associate with Hybrids may actually be electric vehicle features such as no idleing, quiet opperation, and regenerative braking.<br />
Unfortunently as of yet many of the greatest aspects of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs are not available in current Hybrids.<br />
The EV-Button still doesn't allow you to recharge the batteries with electricity from a fuel source of your choice. Though it does hold the potential of a fuel choice which is already widely available and potentially renewable. By Plugging-In to an electrical outlet you can dramatically improve your ''gas'' mileage. The Grid is far more capable of supporting a large number of BEVs or PHEVs before it would require additional capacity, in fact it may help to ''ballance'' the grid.<br />
<br />
Projects like the Prius Plus, CalCars.org, EnergyCS, and EDrive<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/messages Yahoo PriusPlus] - Jul 1, 2004<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/messages Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids] - Sep 15, 2003<br />
<br />
* [http://www.calcars.org calcars.org]<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/PriusPlusComponents040826.pdf<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/priusplusfactsheet-v1.9.pdf<br />
<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/messages Yahoo Prius_MiniScanner_MarkIII] - THS Prius<br />
<br />
* http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm - Clasic Prius<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index]<br />
<br />
* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2FNENPIKEI.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/FNENPIKEI]<br />
<br />
<br />
* [http://vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius vassfamily.net] - CAN-Bus and other Hacks.<br />
<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/75790<br />
<br />
== PHEV Ratings ==<br />
A '''PHEV''' is a '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle, usuaily also augmented with a -## that denotes it's BEV range, a PHEV-20 would have a 20 mile range on electricity before gassoline would be required.<br />
<br />
There has been a lot of discussion on rescent "250 mpg" claims from the Prius+ folks from people who point out the lack of consideration for the electric fuel that makes those mileage figures possible. Here's a <br />
[http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488 Great Yahoo Post] on the topic of ratings for such vehicles, ''"The TdS uses the direct conversion of lectricity at the charger input at 3,412 BTU/kWh and 115,500 BTU/gallon of conventional gasoline. Everything is converted to gallons of conventional gasoline."''.<br />
<br />
* http://www.hev.utulsa.edu<br />
* http://www.tourdesol.org<br />
* http://www.challengex.org<br />
* http://www.team-fate.net<br />
* http://www.edrivesystems.com<br />
* http://www.calcars.org<br />
* http://www.nesea.org/transportation/tour<br />
* MPGe = <br />
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* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+vehicle Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + vehicle] 373<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+hybrid+%2B+vehicle+%2B+rating Google "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + hybrid + vehicle + rating] 77<br />
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22Dr.+Frank%22+%2B+%22UC+Davis%22+%2B+%22Tour+Del+Sol%22 "Dr. Frank" + "UC Davis" + "Tour Del Sol"] 1 - http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress<br />
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I can see both sides of the argument, some prefer to consider the electric energy usage seperately since it's properties, like Cost, CO2, and Effeciency vary far more than gassoline. Some people may even generate their own electricity, in which case their electric energy is essentially free once the initial investment in the collection technologies is paid off.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/41311]<br />
what I've come up with.<br />
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=== My PHEV empg ( unofficial ) ===<br />
<br />
I use $0.06/kWh. The Prius achieves 3 miles per kWh and 50 mpg.<br />
I'm using 33.6kWh/gal to calculate kWh '''E'''quivilant mpg or '''empg'''.<br />
Calculation formula is:<br><br />
Total Distance - PHEV-Range = Distance using Gassoline.<br><br />
Distance using Gassoline / gas mpg = Gassoline Consumption.<br><br />
Gassoline Consumption + kWh gas equivilant / Total Distance = empg.<br />
<br />
*PHEV-20 (6.6 kWh, $0.40) = 0.2 gas gal equivilant<br />
**Total Distance, Gassoline used = Empg / mpg (electricity considered seperately)<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 67 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 60 empg / 75 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 57 empg / 80 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.60 gas gal = 55 empg / 62 mpg<br />
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*PHEV-40 (13.3kWh, $0.80) = 0.4 gas gal equivilant<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 75 empg / 150 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 66 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 62 empg / 83 mpg<br />
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*PHEV-80 (26.6kWh, $1.60) = 0.8 gas gal equivilant<br />
**80 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
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Note also that various vehicles with achieve different miles/kWh and mpg.<br />
The ACP T-Zero achieves 6miles/kWh and ~30mpg.<br />
...T-Zero table...</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=Toyota_Prius&diff=300Toyota Prius2005-08-25T07:50:10Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* Hacks */</p>
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<div>The '''Toyota Prius''' is a Gas-Electric Hybrid Powered but 100% gassoline fueled vehicle. It and similar hybrid implamentations have the ability to drive on electric power alone with limited but adiquate low speed performance. As such the addition of higher capacity battery, computer modifications, and a battery charger would give such vehicles the ability to be fueled from electricity for short local trips.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius<br />
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/40034 Prius Creap and Stationary Charging ]<br />
* [http://home.earthlink.net/~graham1/MyToyotaPrius/PriusFrames.htm Grahams Great PSD animations]<br />
* Yahoo [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/40247 Prius sales history]<br />
* Yahoo [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/40288 10 toyota hybrids]<br />
* [http://tronweb.super-nova.co.jp/toyotadreamhousepapi.html Toyota PHEV Prius]<br />
* [http://e.sinchew-i.com/content.phtml?sec=2&artid=200508190006 e.sinchew-i.com PHEV Prius]<br />
* [http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/tech/environment/ths2/system.html Official Site]<br />
* [http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/040628-4.htm Prius GT]<br />
* [[User:Rjf_Prius_Modifications]] - SEVA personal user page.<br />
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== Hacks ==<br />
* [[User:Rjf_Prius_Modifications#Enabling_even_more_Electric_Vehicle_features]]<br />
* http://www.ocprius.com/nav.html<br />
* http://home.comcast.net/~dldorrance/battery.html - 12v accessory battery<br />
* http://www.priups.com - Prius UPS [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/480 Yahoo Post]<br />
* http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Technical_Stuff/message/13315 - Traction control Defeat.<br />
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== Personal Prius Sites ==<br />
* http://John1701a.com - Great Prius Information.<br />
* http://www.robintree.com<br />
* http://www.winternet.com/~mr_n64/prius<br />
* http://arts.bev.net/roperldavid<br />
* http://silverprius.blogspot.com/<br />
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== Online Communities and Discussion Groups ==<br />
* http://www.priuschat.com<br />
* http://www.greenhybrid.com<br />
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== News Stories ==<br />
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* 2005.08.23 - [http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200508/22/200508222243300109900090509051.html Age of the hybrid has come, says researcher]<br />
* 2005.08.22 - [http://www.austinenergy.com/About%20Us/Environmental%20Initiatives/Plug-in%20Hybrid%20Vehicles/index.htm austinenergy.com], [http://www.austinenergy.com/About%20Us/Environmental%20Initiatives/Plug-in%20Hybrid%20Vehicles/petition.htm Petition], [http://www.kvue.com/news/local/stories/082205kvuepluginaustin-cb.9b28f68d.html Austin unveils plug-in hybrid campaign]<br />
* 2005.08.20 - MOVIE [http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?clip=/media/2005/08/20/video789003&sid=3420&hitboxMLC=eveningnews&title=Hybrids$@$Getting$@$Amped$@$Up CBS - Hybrids Getting Amped Up]<br />
** With gas prices soaring, even hybrid car owners are thinking of creative ways to cut on gas use. Bill Whitaker reports how they are suping-up their energy efficient cars with electricity.<br />
* 2005.08.18 - [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/87056 a yahoo reply to NBC Nightly News]<br />
* 2005.08.14 - [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/gear/2005-08-14-hybrid-tinkering_x.htm?csp=N007&RM_Exclude=Juno usatoday.com]<br />
* 2005.08.14 - [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/hybrid_tinkerers news.yahoo.com] - AP Experimental Hybrid Cars Get Up to 250 Mpg [[Image:Capt.gfx32708112337.hybrid tinkerers gfx327.jpg|15px]].<br />
* 2005.08.08 - [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0808_050808_hybrid_cars_2.html nationalgeographic.com]<br />
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== Toyota Responses ==<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/message/1696<br />
* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/87055</div>67.168.23.217https://www.seattleeva.org/mw/index.php?title=User:Rjf/Prius_Modifications&diff=584User:Rjf/Prius Modifications2005-08-25T07:46:04Z<p>67.168.23.217: /* PHEV Ratings */ working on reply to http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488</p>
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<div>Back to the Main Page of [[User:Rjf]] or [[Toyota Prius]].<br />
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This is all entirely unofficial and I am not modifying the Prius untill the Insight is back on the road. Lookin for accessories? Check out [http://sigmaautomotive.com/jdm/prius/prius0405.php sigmaautomotive.com].<br />
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== Reminder Light Reset ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, while holding the ODO button<br />
**wait for reminder light to go out, then release.<br />
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== Disabling Reverse Beep ==<br />
*Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO.<br />
*Power off<br />
*Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds.<br />
*While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park.<br />
*"b-on" shows on display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off".<br />
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== Tachometer ==<br />
No can do, unless you know otherwise, OBD info is probably as close as it gets.<br />
Is there perhaps a Camshaft Sensor signal that could be used?<br />
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== Touch screen diags ==<br />
* Hold "Info" button while turning the lights on and off 3 times.<br />
* While in the 'Diagnosis Menu', pressing the upper-left corner than the lower-right corner on the screen will give you the 'Pdm' menu<br />
* Tru the 3x light switch again while in Pdm screen.<br />
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== Disabling Traction Control ==<br />
* Follow the sequence below (quickly - within 60 seconds)<br />
* Set Ign switch to ON (Power button twice)(do not start to READY)<br />
* Whilst still in "P" floor the gas pedal two times<br />
* Select "N" floor the gas pedal two times.<br />
* Select "P" floor the gas pedal two times.<br>(LCD display will indicate a !Car! in upper left corner of screen)<br />
* Turn key directly to "start" to start the engine (brake+start)<br />
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Unlike EV-Mode this is strictly a diagnostic function and should not be used under normal situations.<br />
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== Regen/Friction Brake indication ==<br />
Hobbit has put put together a [http://techno-fandom.org/~hobbit/cars/bp/ hydrolic brake pressure sensor] system to give feedback on the brake system.<br />
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== Enabling EV-mode Button "H14 #27 to ground" ==<br />
The EV-Mode Button is a standard part of the Japan and EU Prius but was not installed in the US versions, perhaps because of extended warranties in Ca due to AT-PZEV regulations and qualifications criteria. The US Prius is still entirely aware of the EV-Mode though it can never get the signal or command to enter or exit the mode because a wire, light and button are missing. EV-Mode is a very ''enlightening'' feature as it ''encourages'' the Prius to stay in it's electric mode for far longer than it normally would.<br />
It will normally drive 1 to 2 miles and up to 3 miles on a fully charged battery, after which it must restart the engine and use gassoline to recharge the battery.<br />
It is not a good idea to fully cycle the battery often as this decreases any batteries life and is not helpfull for mileage if use improperly. If used correctly is can be advantagious for times when you know you won't need to start the engine. It's also fun for showing off and offers a small glimps of the potential of electric vehicles.<br />
[http://www.coastaletech.com CoastalTech.com] has a well intigrated 3-wire EV-Button kit with easy instructions or [ someone] has more information for "do it yourself" kind of people. I'm looking for the steering pad wire diagram as I'de like to use the recirculation button as the ev-button.<br />
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Four things that cancel EV-Mode.<br />
* Battery reaches 2 out of 8 battery bars worth of charge.<br />
* Speed reaches 34mph.<br />
** EV-only driving regularly occures even at freeway speeds when there is ample battery energy.<br />
* Accellerator peddle is depressed more than half to 3/4 of the way down. <br />
* Pushing EV-Mode button.<br />
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== Enabling even more Electric Vehicle features ==<br />
Those features which you may associate with Hybrids may actually be electric vehicle features such as no idleing, quiet opperation, and regenerative braking.<br />
Unfortunently as of yet many of the greatest aspects of battery electric vehicles, or BEVs are not available in current Hybrids.<br />
The EV-Button still doesn't allow you to recharge the batteries with electricity from a fuel source of your choice. Though it does hold the potential of a fuel choice which is already widely available and potentially renewable. By Plugging-In to an electrical outlet you can dramatically improve your ''gas'' mileage. The Grid is far more capable of supporting a large number of BEVs or PHEVs before it would require additional capacity, in fact it may help to ''ballance'' the grid.<br />
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Projects like the Prius Plus, CalCars.org, EnergyCS, and EDrive<br />
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* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/messages Yahoo PriusPlus] - Jul 1, 2004<br />
* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/gridable-hybrids/messages Yahoo Gridable- Hybrids] - Sep 15, 2003<br />
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* [http://www.calcars.org calcars.org]<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/PriusPlusComponents040826.pdf<br />
** http://www.calcars.org/priusplusfactsheet-v1.9.pdf<br />
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* [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius_Miniscanner_MarkIII/messages Yahoo Prius_MiniScanner_MarkIII] - THS Prius<br />
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* http://www.ecrostech.com/Products/MiniScanner/Intro.htm - Clasic Prius<br />
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* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2findex.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/index]<br />
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* [http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpriusdiy.fc2web.com%2FNENPIKEI.html priusdiy.fc2web.com/FNENPIKEI]<br />
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* [http://vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius vassfamily.net] - CAN-Bus and other Hacks.<br />
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* http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-prius/message/75790<br />
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== PHEV Ratings ==<br />
A '''PHEV''' is a '''P'''lug-in '''H'''ybrid '''E'''lectric '''V'''ehicle, usuaily also augmented with a -## that denotes it's BEV range, a PHEV-20 would have a 20 mile range on electricity before gassoline would be required.<br />
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There has been a lot of discussion on rescent "250 mpg" claims from the Prius+ folks from people who point out the lack of consideration for the electric fuel that makes those mileage figures possible. Here's a <br />
[http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/priusplus/message/488 Great Yahoo Post] on the topic of ratings for such vehicles, ''"The TdS uses the direct conversion of lectricity at the charger input at 3,412 BTU/kWh and 115,500 BTU/gallon of conventional gasoline. Everything is converted to gallons of conventional gasoline."''.<br />
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* http://www.hev.utulsa.edu<br />
* http://www.tourdesol.org<br />
* http://www.challengex.org<br />
* http://www.team-fate.net<br />
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I can see both sides of the argument, some prefer to consider the electric energy usage seperately since it's properties, like Cost, CO2, and Effeciency vary far more than gassoline. Some people may even generate their own electricity, in which case their electric energy is essentially free once the initial investment in the collection technologies is paid off.<br />
<br />
<br />
Here's [http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Prius-2G/message/41311]<br />
what I've come up with.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== My PHEV empg ( unofficial ) ===<br />
<br />
I use $0.06/kWh. The Prius achieves 3 miles per kWh and 50 mpg.<br />
I'm using 33.6kWh/gal to calculate kWh '''E'''quivilant mpg or '''empg'''.<br />
Calculation formula is:<br><br />
Total Distance - PHEV-Range = Distance using Gassoline.<br><br />
Distance using Gassoline / gas mpg = Gassoline Consumption.<br><br />
Gassoline Consumption + kWh gas equivilant / Total Distance = empg.<br />
<br />
*PHEV-20 (6.6 kWh, $0.40) = 0.2 gas gal equivilant<br />
**Total Distance, Gassoline used = Empg / mpg (electricity considered seperately)<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 67 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 60 empg / 75 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 57 empg / 80 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.60 gas gal = 55 empg / 62 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-40 (13.3kWh, $0.80) = 0.4 gas gal equivilant<br />
**20 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**40 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
**60 miles uses 0.40 gas gal = 75 empg / 150 mpg<br />
**80 miles uses 0.80 gas gal = 66 empg / 100 mpg<br />
**100 miles uses 1.20 gas gal = 62 empg / 83 mpg<br />
<br />
*PHEV-80 (26.6kWh, $1.60) = 0.8 gas gal equivilant<br />
**80 miles uses 0.00 gas gal = 100 empg / Inf mpg<br />
<br />
Note also that various vehicles with achieve different miles/kWh and mpg.<br />
The ACP T-Zero achieves 6miles/kWh and ~30mpg.<br />
...T-Zero table...</div>67.168.23.217