I'm really interested in what people come up with to use the hybrid (traction) battery, but frankly it's pretty darn small (150Ah @12v) as most folks have called out. It's small enough that I wonder why the whole floor of the land cruiser is raised as much as it is. That's the same rise more or less that the folding seats fit into in the GX460. For context, here's a
288v 6.5Ah battery: check out the dimensions, ~18x15x4inches thick, seems like you could fit 2 of those in that real estate. Does the LC250 have crazy uptravel or something else they've made room for?
Traveling throughout Baja with 200Ah of Lithium, having a fridge / freezer and cooking with induction was awesome, but required the solar panel I had on my roof, and I had it set up where I could plug in additional solar to my bumper, for a total of ~500w. If you're in the desert, it takes a lot of energy to keep things cool / frozen, especially if you're trying to get away without using any other fuels for cooking.
I was kinda hoping to not need to try and hide those batteries again in the interior of the vehicle. I didn't want to have any additional power units to load up or take up interior space, and I wanted it all seamless, no switches (i did have cutoffs and voltage sensitive isolators), nothing to remember, like what I built for my GX. I didn't have to touch it once for nearly four years, and had an outlet from my inverter into the bumper as well, so as long as whatever power I needed remained within the length of my extension cables, I was good to go.
Just saw a video on where the 12v battery is and how much room there is in there... Looks like you could fit something taller in there, if the cranking amps come from the traction battery, seems like you could put a larger 12v lithium in there, with a load isolator to make sure you can always have the voltage required to wake up the traction battery... Thanks for all the info, learning a lot about the new LC250!