In September and October 2006, volunteers with the AVI Consortium and Tech Group converted the Port of

Chelan County's Toyota Prius Hybrid into a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. Over several weekends, they installed a CAN-View computer system to display more detailed trip data, battery state of charge, and other information. The group, with assistance from the Seattle Electric Vehicle Association and Manzanita Micro, installed the extra battery pack, an advanced battery maintenance system and charging system constructed by Manzanita Micro. Finally, they installed the refined relay box for smooth charging of the extra battery pack and transfer of that charge to the Toyota battery.

Helping convert the Prius to plug-in technology were, from the left: Steve Lough, Rich Rudman, Ryan Fulcher (in car), Jim White, Blake Murray, and Ron Johnston-Rodriguez (sitting). Other volunteers not pictured include: Mike Brogan, Randy Brooks, Larry Epperson, Doug Janke, Jake Lodato, and Aimee Pope.

The following photos illlistrate the different stages of the conversion, which was done in the Wenatchee Valley College automotive technology shop.

For a more detailed story, see http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/WhiteBird

Bare bones of the Prius		Installing battery interconnects
Rear of the Prius with batteries		Charger and relay box
Guts of Toyota Prius		Randy Brooks attaching pins
Wenatchee Valley College auto shop		CAN_View install by Ryan Fulcher and Mike Brogan
Charger installation		CAN-View computer updates
Installing batteries		Checking voltage
Circuit boards to manage batteries		Relay system refining