A lot of people seem to be using LFP replacements with a BMS, but keeping the Toyota battery monitor and it works surprisingly well. I'd prefer that over the old-tech NiMh.
I had a 2008 and removed the entire OEM battery and built a LFP pack and added plug-in capability, worked great! (built my own replacement for the Toyota battery monitor) On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 5:45 PM Cor van de Water via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Does anyone here have (long term) experience with the quality and > behavior of the replacement Hybrid batteries from > newpriusbatteries.com who are using *round* (D-cell shape) cells to > build new Prius battery modules? > I am considering a pack with those, now that at 200,000 mi the already > refurbished original battery starts failing ever sooner... > The rest of the 18yo car is in great shape, hence the desire to extend > its life. But it needs to be reliable again. > Any feedback appreciated! > Cor > > https://store.newpriusbatteries.com/new-prius-battery-kit-gen2-2004-2009/ > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20240614/1416124c/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
