is there any way force the ICE to charge the HV battery ?

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I'm not sure doing this will help your mileage much/at all, in the end.

Assuming there's not much traffic on that road, you aren't an obstruction and the speeds are below 41 mph (~65 kph), you could try pulse and glide. See http://www.cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1224. It enabled these guys to get great mileage: Hybrid drivers complete run for mileage mark.

If the speeds are higher, you could try "superhighway mode", but you need something to monitor ignition timing. It doesn't work for speeds that are too high though. See SHM (Super Highway Mode) or alternative for 65-75 mph range? hints? | PriusChat.

 

The control algorithms prefer SOC around 60-65%, 5-6 blue bars.

You can force charge the Gen2 Prius HV battery to 8 blue bars by:
* Accumulating regen when going down a long hilll, or
* Bringing to car to a full stop and with the car in Drive and one
foot on the brake to keep the car stationary, step on the go-pedal,
the accelerator, until 8 blue bars shows.

However, running the car in pure EV alone foe more than short
distances is very inefficient and will lead to poor MPG as the computers
pull all kinds of tricks, outright and subtle to get SOC back up to
60-65 %.

The most efficient way to get across the 'flat' would be to start out at 6
blue bars and then proceed without putting electricity into or taking
electricity out of the HV battery; no yellow arrows in or out.

Here is a little game I created to help me internalize the right go-pedal
movement to get no yellow arrows to or from the HV battery.

I noticed that even under even, steady acceleration sometimes the yellow
arrows went into the battery. Then moments later, they switched to going
the other way. Nowhere had I read what I was supposed to do to get no
arrows. Many posts talked about the no-arrow state, but none I had read
told how to achieve it.

So, I fiddled with very small go-pedal inputs. I found that when the yellow
arrow was pointing up, into the battery, more go-pedal made it go away.
When the yellow arrow pointed down and to the left, out of the battery,
letting up on the go-pedal made it go away

The Snake Game

To make the needed correction I needed to react instinctively, instantaneously,
without thinking. In the Snake Game the yellow arrow is a snake, let's say
a king cobra. When the cobra rears up threateningly, you step --very, very
gently of course -- on its head and he disappears. If the cobra is slinking
away off to the left, you hasten his departure by easing up on the go-pedal.
Kind of childish, but it worked for me.

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I find driving with the heating turned up quite high - like 28 to 30 deg C - forces the engine to deliver hot water, in doing so, needs to keep running to stay warm, also charging the battery.

Not so comfortable in summer though...

I'm in New Zealand, and it's mid autumn (fall) here.

 

Good idea!

 

Hi Abdullah,

Actually you are doing very good especially for someone who just started driving the Prius. As was mentioned earlier, learn about hypermiling and try to apply it when you can.

Don't get me wrong, 60 is VERY good for what you are driving. Keep up the good work!

Ron

 

You can force charge your pack by, foot on the brake and full throttle. The Prius will govern things. H

 

I would suggest flipping on the cruise control for that stretch? I can imagine that the onboard ECU will try and give you the best mpg, but also want to recharge your HV...

Just a thought from a Prius noob