Hi all,

I've just joined the forum. I've been gradually disappearing down an Alphard rabbit-hole for my next car, having started at Estimas and then fallen down the slippery slope. I'm particularly interested in the hybrids - I'm an electrical engineer, already have a Prius and a Yaris Hybrid and have spent too long on PriusChat, so I'm fairly familiar with how the systems work and am interested in how it's been applied to the larger vehicles.

Don't have a specific vehicle in mind yet, but leaning towards a 20-series Alphard/Vellfire hybrid, either importing from Japan or looking for a UK one with a poorly hybrid system that I might be able to work on. Open to suggestions, leads, etc in that direction but also other technical chat.

Welcome to the club

I reckon there are quite a few Alphards out there with hybrid issues and I guess they would go for a song considering the cost for replacement parts if you couldn't sort it yourself - definitely worth looking around for one

Thanks. I have indeed bought one, a 2012 with a sad hybrid battery among other faults. I'm planning to rebuild the battery when I've got hold of another one to rob for cells. I'll post a thread about that when I've started making some progress...

Edited 15 hours ago15 hr by Ptarmigan