"Jim Stewart" wrote in message
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Jim Macklin wrote:
The current crop of electric hybrids use about 4,000 AA Li-ion batteries
in series-parallel to get 800-1000 VDC for the motors.

The specs I've seen on the Honda Accord hybrid
show 120 NiMH cells giving 144 volts at 6.0 Ah

The Prius also uses NiMH cells, a total of 168
and a peak voltage of 201 volts and 6.5 Ah.

That makes more sense; although I admit that the much higher voltage, with
solid state controls, could be fun to watch--from a safe distance.