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Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by PixelRogue, Mar 9, 2016.

  1. PixelRogue

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    Not the best title... so thank you for reading to understand the goal.

    Have a 2010 Prius V, uppercase V because it is a 2010 and only 2010 used uppercase V's, and a 2012 PIP.

    -> On the 2010, you can replenish the battery and kick back into golf-cart mode.

    -> On the 2012 pip, appears to be no way to kick back into a golf-cart or ev mode once the miles have been fully depleted? What can I do (or how can this be fixed) so you can, at a minimum, get back the golf-cart-mode while driving? Odd, because the EV milage could be gone, while the battery indicator is at max capacity.
     
    #1 PixelRogue, Mar 9, 2016
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    The PiP will automatically switch to EV mode if the battery is full enough, the engine is warm enough, and your use of the accelerator is gentle enough. Besides letting the Prius decide when to activate EV mode, the only other thing I can think to do is get up to high speed with gas, and then get on the brakes to regenerate enough juice to switch back to EV mode.

    I'm not sure what % state of charge the battery has to be to switch to EV mode, but it seems like the guess-o-meter has to show about half a mile of range or more.
     
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    once the wall charge is depleted, short of regenning back above the full hv battery, i find the pip to behave exactly like my 2008.
    as red states above, you just have to meet the standard parameters, same as your 2010.
     
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    Edit: Adjusting terminology.

    Just looking for a way to get the golf-card mode working after the EV (electric mode from having been plugged into outlet) working after the initial HV miles have depleted. For instance on a longer trip, no miles left but a way to get the golf-card mode going for when in traffic, parking lots etc.
     
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    honestly, i don't know what to tell you. there is no special way. it should behave just like your 2010 after the wall charge is depleted. are you saying the engine won't shut off unless you are stopped?

    how many bars does your batty icon show when experiencing this?
     
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    I assume you meant to say EV instead of HV. EV mode is what you are referring to as "golf cart mode". HV mode utilizes the gasoline engine whenever the throttle goes beyond the dark green portion of the HSI, shown below.

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    You are in "golf cart" mode any time the EV icon below is illuminated.

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    If your plug-in Prius isn't functioning this way, then something is wrong. Again, your engine, catalytic converter, and other parameters also have to be met for the car to be in "golf cart" mode.
     
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    The PiP will regen enough to allow you back into golf cart mode by pressing the EV/HV button. The button will not let you into EV mode if you do not have enough charge but it will still allow EV operation if you are light enough on the go pedal to keep the bar left of the EV/ECO line on the display shown above.

    To use the EV/HV button to go to EV mode, you must have some EV range showing under the battery display otherwise it will yell at you that you can not go into EV mode without sacrificing a virgin or something to that effect ...
     
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    Think everything works fine.

    The main question is that if there are no electric miles left on the dashboard (depleted), there appears to be no way to get the golf-cart mode back...so causing in parking lots or heavy traffic. Even if you can get the dashboard batter to show full, the EV icon no longer comes on.

    Example:
    - Unplug the cord, and your dash shows 11.6 electric miles. Battery shows full (*)
    - Take a trip where the 11.6 miles have been consumed.
    - Turns out you were lucky and found a number of hills allowing to replenish the battery to show full (*)
    - Unable to get into cruise golf-cart mode despite the full battery.

    Only way to get the golf-cart mode back seems to require plugging the vehicle back into an outlet.
     
    #8 PixelRogue, Apr 5, 2016
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    not sure what you mean by 'golf cart mode', but you're right, getting the ev light back on requires more regen than just filling the hv portion of the battery.
    that being said, you should be able to drive electric only, just as you would a regular gen 3.
     
    #9 bisco, Apr 5, 2016
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    The EV button in the PiP doesn't function quite the same as in the 2010 Prius V that you have. In the 2010 Prius V, the EV button is purely for activating the so called golf-cart mode that lets you toodle around for up to a mile or so on just electricity up to a max speed of about 40mph, assuming you have enough charge and other conditions are met (coolant temp, etc).

    In the PiP, however, the EV button is for switching between full on EV mode (travel up to 11 miles on electricity only, up to a max speed of 62mph) and normal HV mode. If your battery icon is solid, then you have this mode available, and it will indicate how much range you have. If you have a battery icon that has segments, then you cannot manually switch into EV mode. All you can do is feather the gas pedal to stay in the EV range of the power bar. The car will automagically switch itself into the golf-cart mode, again, if certain operating conditions have been met.

    It is possible to regen enough energy to get the car to go back into full on EV mode without having to plug in again. I do this everyday on the way home from work. In order for this to happen, the battery icon has to go solid again, and there has to be 0.8 miles of range indicated. The car will automagically switch back into full-on EV mode once you have an indicated range of 1.5 to 1.6 miles available. I typically get between 2 and 2.5 miles of EV range regenerated on one particular hill in my area.
     
    #10 devprius, Apr 5, 2016
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    Something doesn't sound right with that Prius. I can get EV mode "golf cart" even after depleting the EV miles. The small EV light illuminates when driving below 46 mph, with little throttle use, and a fully warmed engine. Sometimes the engine will kick on to replenish battery charge if it falls too low, but generally EV mode still functions given the conditions above are met. I assume the regular Prius has a similar behavior.

    After this is depleted:

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    This should be available after engine warm-up.
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    EDIT: Looks like DevPrius understands where the OP is getting confused.
     
    #11 Redpoint5, Apr 5, 2016
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  12. bisco

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    ah, now i understand.(y)
     
    #12 bisco, Apr 5, 2016
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    Thank you guys. Explanations and photos very helpful.;)
     
    #13 PixelRogue, Apr 5, 2016
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    We aims to please!
     
    #14 devprius, Apr 5, 2016
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