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Re: Prius Tag Team
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 12/19/2006

Hi Scott,

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The ICE needs the HV side to start it. There isn't a conventional starter motor on the gas engine. So without HV, we don't have any way to start up the gas engine.

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