How many EV miles do you get after a full charge now?

10.5 miles pretty much every morning. we carpool 3.5 miles (7 miles roundtrip) everyday on flat 45 MPH 4 lane. Temps have been 50s in the AM and 70s by evening. 2012 PiP Advanced with 34,000 miles (bought used a month ago so only 1,000 miles are ours).

 

My 2012 PIP showed 23 kms (14.3 miles) range, driving it home from the dealer. I never saw the range this high again. Since that time (18 months ago) it has remained around 18 kms (11 miles) per plug-in charge. I haven't noticed any degradation yet, but I expect it to occur.

Just a thought about why I got 23 kms range that one time; I'll bet the dealer gave the hybrid battery a bit of an overcharge just to impress me, if that's possible.

 

it might be the factory default. try disconnecting your 12v and see what it comes back as. i don't think you can overcharge it.

 

This is what I was saying in the other thread. Yes, you can extend your EV range after a PIP uses up its EV miles by driving judiciously with your HV (EV) miles.

 

understood. but not really.

 

Any rechargeable battery can be charged. I'm sure that Toyota service departments have hybrid battery chargers. How else could they service them?

 

charged, and overcharged are two different things.

 

OK, my earlier post was premature. This morning the EV estimate was at 14.8 - that's a new high.

 

It's amazing how smoothly and quietly the ICE is joining in sometimes...

 

I bet the driving conditions at the dealer were ideally suited to get 14.3 miles. The dealerships I have seen are located on roads with 35 MPH speed limits, and I bet many people drive cautiously when test driving. The PiP will get 14.3 EV miles if driven at 35 MPH or less.

 

i'm down to 14.3 with cooler weather.

 

Back up to 15.2 the other day.... I'll snap a pic later today of where she's at now - she's generally ranges between high 13s and low 14s... 2012 PIP with close to 98,000 miles.

 

I'm on my 2nd Prius. The 1st was a 2010 Gas Hybrid. My Current Prius is a 2014 Plug-In Hybrid. I bought this car New in January 2014. Since Day One I was getting between 18 and 21.5 EV Distance. Never Changed. Always Consistently in this Range.

Approximately September 2014 I took my Car to Toyota for 5,000 Service. When I picked it up it showed an EV Range of 14.5. OK, Fine. The Toyota Dealer is 3 Miles from my House and maybe they Test Drove it. I Take it home and Plug it in as I Usually do and from that Day Forward I Never Got Back to the Higher Numbers I posted above. I'm Getting 14.5 every day. Not 15, but 14.5.

I go back to Toyota and they say they set the Car Back to Factory Resets during the 5,000 service and I'm Lucky to be getting 14.5. I Raise hell and they keep the car overnight and run tests on the Battery. I get a Copy of these Tests, about 4 Pages of Technical Mumbo Jumbo.

I Call Toyota Headquarters in Torrance CA and they ask If I Went to the Dealer and had any Battery Tests Done. I say Yes, and I Have the Papers the Dealer gave me which they Request I email them.

The Toyota Guy in Torrance Headquarters Emails the Papers to an Electrical Engineer at Toyota Headquarters in Japan. He Tells me to wait two weeks and he will have a Reply from Toyota Japan.

About Two weeks Later I get the Reply that "I'm Lucky to be getting 14.5 as the Car is Rated by the EPA at 11 Miles on EV.

I Don't Believe this BS because I Know that my Car got 18.5 to 21.5 for 9 Months from the Time I Bought it until the Time I took it to the Dealer for the 5,000 service.

After Months of Emails Back and Forth to Toyota Headquarters in Torrance I am given more BS that the Lower EV Mileage probably caused by Cold Temperature. What a Crock. I Live in Southern CA about 30 Miles south of Toyota Headquarters in Torrance and in September 2014 the Temperatures were above 80 degrees and many days between that time and September 2015 we had many days where the Temperature was 90 Degrees Fahrenheit or More for 10 days in a row or more!.

Well I'm going to tell you I solved the Problem, Without Toyota's "Help". It's a Very Simple Answer. Drive with your Car both in EV Mode AND POWER MODE. Keep Doing This Every Day. Within a Month, Your EV Mileage will Increase by 5 to 10 Miles per EV Charge. Of Course you Must Plug your Car in Every Night and Let it Charge for 3 Hours, which is Standard. Now I know some of you may be Skeptical and think I'm full of crap. Check out the Two Files I uploaded and attached to this Post. One taken Last Week and the other Today. If you have any questions, I Will be Happy to Respond. By the Way you notice in the pics I put a Piece of Blue Painters tape on the Dash with the Word "POWER". This is to Remind me to Put the Car in Power Mode when I pull out of my Garage.

 

See my Post Under BaylorBob for the Solution

 

See my Post Under BaylorBob for the Solution

 

See my Post Under BaylorBob for the Solution

 

See my Post Under BaylorBob for the Solution Dated October 8, 2015