Excited Ryan Fulcher, took the pains to drive all the way from Washington to a technology fair in California. What he had in mind was the conversion of his Toyota Prius into a plug-in, so that it can achieve a 100 mpg figure besides running in an all-electric mode for 30 miles before gas sets in.
Fulcher succeeded in his mission with the help of CalCars, advocators of plug-in models. The task called for changes in the wiring for installing of an extra lead-acid battery in the spare-tire compartment, which serves as a spare fuel tank for electrons, which enables the reduction of the role gas engine.
Fulcher shares the added benefits of the plug-in:
There’s this whole different experience, of silent and swift electric torque. You take off and it throws you back in the seat. There’s no exhaust, no noise, no vibration.
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