Driving Prius with Enginer Kit in EV mode

This is a 100% un-edited video showing me driving my daughter to school in the morning and continuing on to work, without ever starting the gasoline engine. I purposefully did not edit this because I wanted it to be clear that I drove the entire distance in EV mode. I drive this same route every morning and my job is about another 1 mile down the road. I had to stop videoing because my arm was killing me holding the camcorder up like that with one hand.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Prius
• Hybrid
• PHEV
• Plug-in
• PHV
• Enginer

[maxum25]

Wheew did you get the EV button? I can't seem to find them anymore.

[adric22]

@maxum25 - It is just a standard pushbutton from radioshack.

[jonlulu]

phenomenal. thank you for uploading. i have been considering installing the kit to my car. how do you prevent the combustion engine from coming online, especially for its "warm-up phase"? do you have to be super light-footed when driving to avoid kicking it on or do you somehow kill the engine completely and get the car to rely solely on the supplemental battery?

[adric22]

@jonlulu - I installed the EV button on the dash.

[SOARESDACOSTA]

In EV mode, whats the top speed ? What range, in speeds like this ?

Take care. Luís Costa.

[adric22]

@SOARESDACOSTA - Range depends on battery size. I bought a 4Kwh system so it can go about 20 miles. Top speed in pure-EV mode is 34 mph.

[chickenwing986]

hands on the top, uh ohh

[jmiller29]

Sweet! I was thinking about getting one of these kits. This is what I wanted to see.  I only drive 6 miles to work so it might be perfect. The price is right too.

[evanellis]

Driving down the roa-oa-oad.

[KoolCanadian29]

@bazzaus US-MPH, Canada and Mexico KPH.

[bazzaus]

Is the speedo in MPH or KPH, I was wondering what the acceleration was like in EV mode.

[Future20Vehicle12]

I know this prius in this video have been upgraded