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Old 04-18-2007, 01:12 PM
andybl andybl is offline
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Location: Colorado Springs
Hybrids: HiHy
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Default Any way to charge the main battery ??

Anyone know of a way to charge up the main battery other than by driving around or going to the dealer ? I got to thinking it might be nice if my HiHy was not going to be run for awhile to bring it up to as close to max as possible. I tried putting it park and stepping on the accelerator. This caused to engine to run but the charge level indicator went down ! It would be nice if there was an after market charger which could plug into the pack and bring the charge up. The service dept must have such a beast. I might try building one at some point (yes I know ithe pack is 300v but I have some experence in this area) if I could get the specs.

thanks
Andy

PS - I have had it for three weeks now and am getting 30 mpg (29.1 if I calculate it myself). My commute is 19 miles one way with an elevation change of 1000 feet. It's half rural roads and half interstate.

Last edited by andybl : 04-18-2007 at 02:21 PM.
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