Announcing a new "Project" for Toronto Hybrid Group! Well, "new" may not be the operative word. We first started looking into and following the development of the plug-in for the Prius back in May '06 when Hymotion's Akos' sister, Karola, brought her 100 MPG Plug-In Prius to our Coffee Shop Mtg and Jack and I drove around in the pleasure of silent electric driving. Since then, the Hymotion boys came to our new "digs" in Aurora to demo their latest design as the new unit went into production as an A123 product with a $10,000 (US) price tag. Since then, we have had Power Supply Inc (affordable but PbA) and EnerMotion (Solar PHEV but NiMH and still over $7K) talk to us about their PHEV designs.

Then, I became, what I am going to refer to as the first non-Fleet, Canadian Prius Plug-In Driver just last October/09. And, now it's time for the rest of this group to join me in installing my most recent discovery, the latest, affordable plug-in product, the Enginer PHEV Kit. What makes it particularly interesting is that it houses up-to-date, safe technology (Li-Ion Phosphate) in an affordable package (less than $4K) for a 4 kWh Kit that leaves the spare tire in the car. And, local installation is available.

What: Group Purchase of Enginer PHEV Plug-In Unit

This is a NON-Event to gather names of those interested in participating in a group purchase of an Enginer PHEV Plug-In Unit for any Hybrid.

Their main website is at Enginer.us and details of the unit are here.

• 2 or 4 kWh System fits below the rear trunk floor of the Prius and above the spare tire;
  
• 6 and 8 kWh Units replace the spare tire;
  
• System will be available for all Hybrids -- please specify if other than '04 to '09 Prius;
  
• Could provide you with 20 to 40 miles of electrically assisted driving and approximately double your current fuel efficiency over that range before switching back to "normal" hybrid driving;
  
• Recharge with 110V plug in 3 to 5 hours;
  
• Research is indicating a relatively well designed unit that should last for 2000 to 3000 charge cycles depending on usage and depth of discharge (DoD);
  
• 2-year parts warranty from Enginer, Michigan;
  
• New design encorporates a larger 5,000-W output converter and improved cell monitoring;
  
• Special Group Price below is Cdn $, installed at AutoDex with a Liability waiver;
  
• Price: 2 kWh Unit -- ~ $3,500;
  
• Price: 4 kWh Unit -- ~ $4,500;
  
• Price: 6 kWh Unit -- ~ $5,500; ** - Recommended optimum size -
  
• Price: 8 kWh Unit -- ~ $6,500.
  

Please read the available information on the Internet, such as

• PriusChat - Discussion; or
  
• PriusChat - Specs, etc
  
• CleanMPG
  
• Enginer
  
• eMileage
  
• Erik's experience with his Hymotion L5 Unit
  
• JP's Experience with this new Enginer 4 kWh PHEV Kit
  
• Battery Specs
  

Then, please RSVP your current decision of "Yes", "No" or "Maybe". We will be expecting $1000 deposit before we initiate your order. Mony will schedule the installations in the order that we receive your deposit and the kits become available here in Toronto.

Thank you for caring about the environment ...

~ Erik & Mony
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