MitchJi said:Better Cells are easy to find. How difficult or expensive would it be to have six high quality NiMH D Cells welded, or otherwise fastened together in a satisfactory manner?
With a plug-in booster pack, properly configured I bet you could get a lot of the benefits of the hack (which AFAIK doesn't work with the Civic) of the hack. IE not having the motor start charging the pack going up hill, at least until the booster pack was depleted.
Welding the cells into sticks is not trivial, but the guy at Hybid Pack Repair has a setup that does that. It would be great to get ready built sticks. Where can you get the Better Cells?
You are right, the MIMA is only for the Insight. The Civic version has not been developed yet, but should be possible.