Max speed of Prius

fgp · 07-10-2009, 06:13 PM

beautiful vette!!!!!!! i heard that the car is governed at 107 mph on the pri

mdeguzman0916 · 07-10-2009, 06:51 PM

I heard on the radio theres a celebrity that was drunk driving and he was going 120 mph and was caught by a cop.

Joe 26 · 07-10-2009, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by mdeguzman0916

I heard on the radio theres a celebrity that was drunk driving and he was going 120 mph and was caught by a cop.

Was Al Gore's son and I think it was 100 mph.

Rangerdavid · 07-10-2009, 07:59 PM

Al Gore's son is correct, and if I recall his speed was about 105 !!!

Wonder what his mileage read out was?

Tenebre · 07-11-2009, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Rangerdavid

Wonder what his mileage read out was?

Well, during my trip through Germany, my car averaged 6.1 l / 100 km and that isn't bad at all considering all the hills my car had to climb and the fact that there were two adults + luggage in the car.

Tenebre · 07-21-2009, 04:26 PM

I've earlier stated that the top speed is limited to 180 km/h (according to the speedometer of the car). I've also learned that if you accelerate up to top speed while going downhill, you can momentarily reach higher speeds, but you will eventually slow down to 180.

Well, today I learned that if you set the cruise control to just below 180 and use the CC's function to increase the speed, 181 on the speedometer is possible and this is not just momentarily. I couldn't get the speed up any higher than that and I tested this on three different occasions during the day.

Evilshin · 07-22-2009, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Tenebre

I've earlier stated that the top speed is limited to 180 km/h (according to the speedometer of the car). I've also learned that if you accelerate up to top speed while going downhill, you can momentarily reach higher speeds, but you will eventually slow down to 180.

Well, today I learned that if you set the cruise control to just below 180 and use the CC's function to increase the speed, 181 on the speedometer is possible and this is not just momentarily. I couldn't get the speed up any higher than that and I tested this on three different occasions during the day.

I got mine over 160km/hr in Saskatchewan on the trans Canada. It's probably electronically governed at 160 (100mph) for north american models. I suspect that since MG2 drops in torque after 70kph and is virtually useless after 130 kph that the combined ICE and MG1 max RPMs limit the speed to about 180kph... So that might be it's physical top speed.

Though if the inverter output voltage for the drive system can be doubled, MG2 might still be able to provide full torque well into 140kph and in phase advance mode provide some percentage of full torque up to about 260 kph... but that torque will not be enough to really add any significant speed at 180 kph. So to really up the top speed you would need a high voltage (1500 volt) inverter. It would have to have triple the input current capacity and instead of hooking it up to the traction battery, you would need some super capacitors. This would allow MG2 to provide full torque up to 210 kph, that would probably up the top speed to over 200 kph, until the capacitors are drained...

But you should be able to go from 0-100 kph (about 60mph) in about 7-8 seconds. Making the prius a sports car...

SyCo · 08-06-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Evilshin

... It's probably electronically governed at 160 (100mph) for north american models. ...

Actually 108 mph. There is many topics about that.

Mine reached 178 km/h before hitting the governor.

PNorth · 08-12-2009, 10:27 AM

My brother-in-law just got back from Germany where he got his rented Prius (Gen II) up to 190 Km/h. Showed me a photo of the speedo to prove it. Said his wife took the photo. I'm not sure I'd want to drive a Prius at that kind of speed, myself!

Tenebre · 08-12-2009, 04:41 PM

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My brother-in-law just got back from Germany where he got his rented Prius (Gen II) up to 190 Km/h. Showed me a photo of the speedo to prove it. Said his wife took the photo. I'm not sure I'd want to drive a Prius at that kind of speed, myself!

If you haven't changed the balance of the car with too much luggage and have decent tires with proper pressure, the car is still stable at those speeds. At 190 km/h, the Prius is coasting with the engines disengaged and will eventually get back down to 180.

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Rangerdavid Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Boone, North Carolina Posts: 1,279 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #5 Thanks: 1 Thanked 15 Times in 7 Posts Friends: 25	Re: Max speed of Prius Al Gore's son is correct, and if I recall his speed was about 105 !!! Wonder what his mileage read out was? Last edited by Rangerdavid; 07-10-2009 at 08:01 PM.

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Tenebre Custom User Title Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden Posts: 109 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: N/A Package: N/A Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Friends: 0	Re: Max speed of Prius I've earlier stated that the top speed is limited to 180 km/h (according to the speedometer of the car). I've also learned that if you accelerate up to top speed while going downhill, you can momentarily reach higher speeds, but you will eventually slow down to 180. Well, today I learned that if you set the cruise control to just below 180 and use the CC's function to increase the speed, 181 on the speedometer is possible and this is not just momentarily. I couldn't get the speed up any higher than that and I tested this on three different occasions during the day.

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PNorth Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 11 My Car: 2008 Prius Model: Package: Base Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	Re: Max speed of Prius My brother-in-law just got back from Germany where he got his rented Prius (Gen II) up to 190 Km/h. Showed me a photo of the speedo to prove it. Said his wife took the photo. I'm not sure I'd want to drive a Prius at that kind of speed, myself!

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