Color of the battery bars

greenpeas · 04-18-2005, 11:40 PM

The color of the first 6 bars of the battery charge status is blue and the the next 2 are green. Does anyone know if it is fully charged when it turns Green?

DanMan32 · 04-19-2005, 08:45 AM

1-2 bars pink, 3-6 bars blue, 7-8 bars green.

http://www.vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius/

The Prius does not use the absolute full capacity of the batteries in order to prolong their life. Uses from 40% to 80%, where no bars is 40%, and all 8 bars green is 80%. The range of SOC for each bar is not linear, and there is hysteresis between bars.

In other words, low to high of say bar 2 is not the same as from low to high of bar 6. I believe bar 6 has the greatest range of SOC (State of Charge). Also, the threshold of going to say bar 5 to 6 is higher than going back down from 6 to 5. I suppose this is so the bars don't jump too much. The guess (gas) gauge is similar.

greenpeas · 04-20-2005, 12:41 AM

Thanks Dan great info. I still havent seen the pinl 1 and 2 bars, but mainly the blue bars upto 6 and green 7 and 8

DanMan32 · 04-21-2005, 11:05 AM

Run the car with the AC on while parked in READY mode. Soon you will see 2 pink bars.

04-18-2005, 11:40 PM	#1
greenpeas Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Color of the battery bars The color of the first 6 bars of the battery charge status is blue and the the next 2 are green. Does anyone know if it is fully charged when it turns Green?

04-20-2005, 12:41 AM	#3
greenpeas Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 5 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Re: Color of the battery bars Thanks Dan great info. I still havent seen the pinl 1 and 2 bars, but mainly the blue bars upto 6 and green 7 and 8

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04-19-2005, 08:45 AM	#2
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	1-2 bars pink, 3-6 bars blue, 7-8 bars green. http://www.vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius/ The Prius does not use the absolute full capacity of the batteries in order to prolong their life. Uses from 40% to 80%, where no bars is 40%, and all 8 bars green is 80%. The range of SOC for each bar is not linear, and there is hysteresis between bars. In other words, low to high of say bar 2 is not the same as from low to high of bar 6. I believe bar 6 has the greatest range of SOC (State of Charge). Also, the threshold of going to say bar 5 to 6 is higher than going back down from 6 to 5. I suppose this is so the bars don't jump too much. The guess (gas) gauge is similar.

04-21-2005, 11:05 AM	#4
DanMan32 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL Posts: 3,775 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Run the car with the AC on while parked in READY mode. Soon you will see 2 pink bars.