Adding battery to the PHEV

[howardschrier]

has anybody tried to add battery to the PHEV. there are companies selling this, but not yet tried on Honda.

 

[Cobra]

Are they selling for the Accord PHEV or just in general? I'm interested in what's available, but haven't done any reading on options yet.

 

[mohsin123]

Accord and the Accord PHEV. The window tint shop I've visited stated that the PHEV window tint kit is not listed.

 

[hitler]

nice post..................

 

[Theprofessor]

Howard has the right idea, a piggy backed battery or a software hack to access the other 3-4kwh of power in the battery that is always held as a buffer by the software would be a good idea. I like the idea of a 20-25% power reserve. 50% is overkill.

 

[Escoguy]

I made an inquiry once: here is the response from: [email protected]

I have no idea what is the Honda battery. If is lithium batteries with max 4.2V per cell - could be replaced with more powerful directly - we can offer Nissan Leaf batteries for that. I could not find any info on internet.

For example - Prius EV 2012 has 20Ah batteries - 56 pieces, that could be directly replaced with 28 Nissan Leaf modules - and that will increase the range from 13 miles to about 40 miles. That is relatively easy job, because both using same battery chemistry. Cost is abut $5500

I don't know about the Honda.

You can check with Phuginsupply.com - they could have something.



Thanks

Nick