After the silvery cover is removed, the gut of the high voltage inverter unit is revealed. This particular inverter is the one used in the NHW11 "Classic" model of the Prius. The 3 black cylinders are capacitors - the labellings say "TOYOTA Panasonic 450V 2700μF GTA 85°C -NEGATIVE 00 30"
The picture was taken at a Prius information workshop hosted by Toyota Sunnyvale on Feb 22, 2005.
The THS high voltage inverter unit. After the silvery cover is removed, the gut of the high voltage inverter unit is revealed. This particular inverter is the one used in the NHW11 "Classic" model of the Prius. The 3 black cylinders are capacitors - th