Happy to join the Prius Plug-in family

I'm pinning my hopes on some advanced battery technologies like nano-wire electrodes, which promise to double or triple battery capacity.

 

If I owned a Tesla, I could also afford a 40-amp charger or better.

 

1) with the rapidly developing technology, Imo it's better to lease a car because it will most likely be obsolete in the next 5-7 years.
2) even with a 40amp level 2 charger installed at home the charge time is +8 hours for only ~220-240 mile

 

If you order the car with the dual-charger option, the car can charge at 80 amps at home, effectively shortening the charge time to 3-4 hours. However, most people don't bother as very few put as many miles on as yourself- for most of us, being able to recharge fully overnight is more than enough.

 

I agree, but "technically" obsolete in half that time.

 

Damn, that is a lot of miles. I'm at 39500 for my 2012 model. I'm bringing it in next week for its 4th oil change. I've spent a grand total of $73 for maintenance on this vehicle so far. The Ecopia EP20's are wearing pretty well. They look about half spent, I'm hoping to get 100k miles out of them. How do your tires look?


iPhone ?

 

That sounds like an awesome amount of electricity to pay for, but it's about a fifth of what you'd pay for gasoline in a comparable conventional car. And not so many moving parts to wear out.

 

Unless you live in SCE regions where the punishment for using an EV (a full BEV like Tesla) are rates higher than equivalent gasoline costs, or requiring a second meter installation for $2K-$10K to get cheap TOU EV charging.

I wish SCE would allow a simple meter-after-the-meter to attach to the EVSE and charge a more reasonable rate. What really upsets me is that BUSINESSES pay $.12/kWh regardless of consumption, while residential customers get the shaft.

 

My family owns a Automotive repair shop, so he takes car of all the maintenance, it's hard to tell what I've actually spent on maintenance.
My tires were replaced at 29k because they almost became slicks.
My Brakes are practically brand new because of mostly highway miles, on our 2010 Prius(RIP JAN-2013), the brakes were great until it was salvaged at 186k.

 

Over several hours things should get warm, but not hot and not catch fire unless there is some damage, poor connections, etc. I think "warm" would be something like 100F, maybe even a bit more. But if anything is too hot to touch there is a malfunction somewhere.

When I get a chance I'm going to measure some temps with an IR thermometer.

Mike

 

Just checked the outlet that my car has been charging on for over an hour. Ambient is about 65F and the outlet was 70F. Cable was at ambient.

 

They were thinking that a 3kWh battery was the minimum capacity necessary for a Federal Tax Credit.

Also, think about tinting your windows. Of course, in the Bay Area, driving a Prius doesn't require that you remain somewhat anonymous. LOL

 

There's no way to judge how bad the damage is or how hot it will get. I know a garage that burned to the ground for this very reason.

 

Seriously? Then why risk plugging in a Prius ever?

Mike

 

Yes, you are right...

OR...

They figured out how big a battery they could fit in the existing Prius (it is actually 4.4 kwh, we only get to use about 2/3rds of it) and then lobbied for that number to be the minimum qualifying for a tax credit.

Mike

 

No need to fool around with a questionable socket. Just have an electrician install a heavy-duty socket, and stop worrying about a fire.