Andrew Gabriel wrote:
In article ,
mike ring writes:
"mrcheerful
Makes me glad I drive a nice safe petrol car.

There is a nice big pack of info on the Toyota site detailing all
the precautions that first response emergency personnel should take.
Basically the main hazard is electric shock as they run at several
hundred volts.

How much???????

Friend of a friend was talking about them in a pub
(so take with a pinch of salt, etc)...
IIRC, something like 270V.
Apparently, 140V is used by other dual fuel vehicles.

274V - it's 38 7.2V batteries in series.

Theres an inverter that turns that into 3 phase AC for the drive motors and
also runs backwards under braking to turn the AC into DC charging voltage.

It's high, but not ridiculous.

It's the 20,000psi in a diesel injection system that scares me more...