Hey, Jeff. I lived in Suwanee for about 7 years, on Burnette Rd. on 23 acres and a lake until "progress" swept it all away. But it allowed me to retire in '94. Also a USMC connection, as a Battalion Surgeon, then Camp Pendleton Naval Hosp. doc for a couple of years in those bad times of the late 60's.

I've been following the Hymotion deal for a year or so, and nothing has changed on their website - no available products exept the Prius'. The setup for the Ford Escape should be about the same as for the Camry. But the physical specs for this battery installation in their PDF supplement for the Escape suggest that HYPE-Motion would be a better name.

Mock up a 15x15x40.5 inch container, then fill it with a weight equivalent to a chunky Falcon interior lineman - say 147.5 kg, or 324.5 lbs, of lead. See how the 5.3 cu. ft. fits in the already compromised Camry trunk. Then take off for my favorite drive through the N. Ga. mountains, up Blood Mt., with a couple of friends.

What you've got is a dead gorilla in the trunk by the time you get near the fun part, but then the beast comes to life, determined to make you swap ends on every curve! It might make sense for a commuter car, particularly in the Atlanta suburbs with those ungodly commutes, when the time comes gas gets, as it should for our country's and planet's survival, to what the rest of the non petroleum-exporting world is paying for it.

I got all excited about this for my HiHy, but realized my unit would be even larger, probably taking the 3rd seat area, comprising vehicle handling and safety, and being nothing but a liability on trips, which we do a lot of, pretty fully loaded. I e-mailed the company a couple of times to see if the specs were for real, but never got a response.

Pete
Monterey