When do you use the EV button?

kgu · 08-14-2007, 08:50 AM

In Sweden, the EV button is a standard factory installed feature.
I use it in parking garages, and like others here, to show off at times ;-)

I also find it odd that a standard factory installed feature in one part of the world would potentially damage to the car in another country ?

Winston · 08-14-2007, 01:06 PM

kqu,

What is the warranty on the battery for your Swedish Prius?

mrtrilby · 08-15-2007, 07:12 AM

>>"Why void the warranty for something that is factory equipment in all other countries?"

Doesn't the USA have an impressively long warranty on the battery compared to other countries? Maybe using EV mode does reduce the battery life - Toyota don't care in countries with shorter warranties because they won't have to foot the bill.

/just a guess

mcevedy · 08-15-2007, 08:22 AM

Warranty on the drive train including the battery in the UK is 8 years. I think that is the same as the US except California which gets 10.
I use the EV button on the way into work as there is a 400 yard stretch which triggers the ICE which irritates me as I will manage to be in stealth mode for almost the last third of the journey except this bit! Can't believe it makes any real difference but it amuses me to think it might! I activate it just for that stretch!

kgu · 08-15-2007, 08:57 AM

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Warranty for the Hybrid system in Sweden is for 8 years or 160.000 km, whichever is reached first.

Winston · 08-15-2007, 11:37 AM

Thanks, kqu. It appears that your warranty is the same as for most US states.

Just so you foreigners know. The warranty for the battery in California, Massachusets and a couple other states is 10 years or 150,000 miles. For the other states it is 8 years or 100,000 miles. The powertrain warranty for all states is 5 years or 60,000 miles.

samiam · 08-15-2007, 07:07 PM

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08-14-2007, 08:50 AM	#31
kgu Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 7 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	In Sweden, the EV button is a standard factory installed feature. I use it in parking garages, and like others here, to show off at times ;-) I also find it odd that a standard factory installed feature in one part of the world would potentially damage to the car in another country ?

08-14-2007, 01:06 PM	#32
Winston Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, California Posts: 553 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	kqu, What is the warranty on the battery for your Swedish Prius?

08-15-2007, 07:12 AM	#33
mrtrilby Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 3 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	>>"Why void the warranty for something that is factory equipment in all other countries?" Doesn't the USA have an impressively long warranty on the battery compared to other countries? Maybe using EV mode does reduce the battery life - Toyota don't care in countries with shorter warranties because they won't have to foot the bill. /just a guess

08-15-2007, 08:22 AM	#34
mcevedy Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 35 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: T Spirit Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Warranty on the drive train including the battery in the UK is 8 years. I think that is the same as the US except California which gets 10. I use the EV button on the way into work as there is a 400 yard stretch which triggers the ICE which irritates me as I will manage to be in stealth mode for almost the last third of the journey except this bit! Can't believe it makes any real difference but it amuses me to think it might! I activate it just for that stretch!

08-15-2007, 11:37 AM	#36
Winston Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: SF Bay Area, California Posts: 553 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Thanks, kqu. It appears that your warranty is the same as for most US states. Just so you foreigners know. The warranty for the battery in California, Massachusets and a couple other states is 10 years or 150,000 miles. For the other states it is 8 years or 100,000 miles. The powertrain warranty for all states is 5 years or 60,000 miles.