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Gas Engine vs EV

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Main Forum' started by pghjerry, May 21, 2012.

  1. pghjerry

    pghjerry Junior Member

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    Forgive me for prob asking a dumb question, but....

    I just purchased a 2012 Prius and love it, but the last couple of times I turned it on, it has almost immediately fired up the gas engine too. At first I thought it was due to me having the inside temp set higher than the outside temp so maybe it was something to do with the heater, but today when I left work it fired it up and it was 90 degrees outside. I'd understand if my battery was low but it was only 2 bars down from full.

    What causes this to happen? Just curious.
     
    #1 pghjerry, May 21, 2012
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    I have noticed that it really has a mind of its own. Meaning its pretty smart. It does what it needs to do with no input from the driver. Seems the engineers got the 50MPG down to a science.
     
    #4 katiesdad7, May 22, 2012
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