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> I've entertained the idea of picking up a Prius and hacking the electronics to act on this. All the NiMH prius' are unsuitable for this. Total energy stora
by londons_explore 2y ago
> I've entertained the idea of picking up a Prius and hacking the electronics to act on this.
All the NiMH prius' are unsuitable for this. Total energy storage is only about 1kWh and usable energy storage is more like 0.3 kWh (ie. it wouldn't even boil one kettle of water).
The hybrid-ness is still useful because it lets you get a boost of acceleration to get up a hill or overtake some cars - and the battery is very powerful - ie. it can get all that power out very fast - it just doesn't store much energy.
- MengerSponge 2y agoThey probably meant a Prius Prime
- two_handfuls 2y agoPHEV batteries are still pretty small. 14kWh in the Prius Prime for example. This will power an average US house for about 12 hours.
- londons_explore 2y agobut remember it also has a gasoline engine - so after 12 hours you can always start the gas engine to power your house for ~a week on a tank of fuel. The prius will do that by default with its current software if left in "ready" mode. You just need to design and add the ~300V DC to 120/240 V AC inverter.