Poulsen hybrid kit- turns your car into a PHEV for under $4,000.

[bjhorton2005]

Anything like this is always good to see. I do have to say I really avoid Honda hybrids because they are extremely mild assist hybrids and this is basically the same thing. I think it's fine for an older vehicle especially if the price is low enough, but I installed an enginer system in a Prius and I'm technically an installer for them. It's not that cheap putting a 5kw battery, and inverter or controller in a car. So I really don't see it paying off. However, more power to them!

[tboult]

Cool idea, too bad its for rear-wheel or all-wheel drive only. I could see lots of older small cars being good for it, but they are often front-wheel drive.

[saghost]

Cool idea, too bad its for rear-wheel or all-wheel drive only. I could see lots of older small cars being good for it, but they are often front-wheel drive.

I read it as saying that it worked with rear and all wheel drive just fine, too. Upthread, someone was talking about the testing being done on a 2003 Jetta (not sure where that came from - didn't see it in the website) which is a FWD car.

Cool idea, but if they're still at the "notify" phase after almost four years, I'm thinking we won't be seeing hardware anytime soon. The throttle control was also a little sketchy as proposed.