green v blue battery

[aikidojoe]

What is the difference between my battery on the LCD being blue or being green?

[efusco]

When the SOC reaches the top two bars the color indicator turns green. When it is in the middle range (3-6 bars) it'll be blue. when it's down to 1 or 2 bars it'll be pink.

Remember that the battery SOC on the display is only an approximation and only represents the 40-80% total SOC range. That is, when all 8 bars are green on the display the actual SOC of the HV battery is about 80%. When you're down to 1 pink bar the actual SOC of the HV battery is about 40%. Thus, when you're in the 'blue' range the SOC is b/w 50-70%

[cry4dawn]

nice graphic thanx

[jandmayra]

I picked up our car on Wednesday, and I have as of yet to see the battery charge indicator move above the 68.57% level according to the graphic. This is after I drove it back home from the dealer for two hours, and around town about 100 miles since then. It has shown pink on several occasions (and charged appropriately), but it has never shown green. Should I be concerned that there is something wrong with my vehicle's HV battery?

[bigdaddy]

I pretty much show 5 or 6 bars (blue) most of the time. I saw 2 pink bars when I first got car when I sat in the car in the driveway with the A/C on, fiddling with all of the voice controls and the kids in the back seat watching DVDs. I've only seen 7 bars (green) when coasting down this big ol' hill coming down I-20 into Atlanta. I've never seen all 8 bars. Sounds like you are OK. Go find a really big hill and coast down it to see green, you'll feel better....

Oh, and congrats on the new car! I remember you saying a month ago that you were expecting soon... Details?

[Bill Merchant]

[font=Comic Sans MS:4bd2fa701a]I have about a half-mile hill I come down to my house, at 25 MPH speed limit, so I'm braking all the way, and I frequently have an all green battery when I pull into my carport. Coming down some mountains, the battery got green soon, and even with B mode the car was dumping charge. To dump charge, the car spins up the ICE, runs it for a few seconds, withdraws gas and spark, then does it again. Quite startling the first time to have the car cycling the ICE quickly with a full battery.

Our smart cars will protect themselves if they can, avoiding both overcharge and undercharge.

Congratulations on your new smart car![/font:4bd2fa701a]

[jandmayra]

Thanks for replying Bill and bigdaddy. We have only had the car for one week, and I suppose that we are being hyper-observant to "discover" something wrong.

We purchased a silver 2005 with grey interior and option package #6 from a dealership in Nashville, TN. The paperwork was straight forward, and he took quite a bit of time going over all of the features of the vehicle with me during delivery. We even spent about 30 minutes reviewing all of the printed documentation! Except for the rain on the drive home, it was a pleasant experience overall.

[Bill Merchant]

[font=Comic Sans MS:ac8827c866]Congratulations on the new Prius, jandmayra. artytime:

Your new car is very smart, so all you have to do is drive it and enjoy! Have fun. Ask any other questions you have right here on PriusChat, we're a friendly bunch, for the most part. The Search feature at the top of the page is great for finding answers to questions, too.[/font:ac8827c866]

[ThetaSigma99]

My 2005 Prius almost always shows green battery bars. When it does go blue, it doesn't stay there too long, because invariably when I am coasting or regenerative braking, it charges it back up to green. In fact, I had been worried that it shouldn't be green so frequently...

[Tideland Prius]

lol. Hilly area you live in? If you regenerate so much, maybe you should try using more battery.