Prius Prime Short Test Drive Review

Easy, just raise the door sill up level with the battery deck like Hyundai did and brag how you got the deck down to the door sill level.

Danny's backpack photo's give scale to the rear hatch area. Compared the the Cmax thing I saw at the Mother Earth News Fair 3 years age it's huge. (The area behind the seats). Saw a Cmax today, thought it was a V at first, then saw all the stuff piled in the rear glass.

 

Really? The prime hatch is aggressively slopped while the CMax has a more vertical design like the v.

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3 ways actually. plug, regen and charge mode, where the engine is force charging the battery.
i don't recall reading how long it takes to force charge.
it probably depends on the operating mode at the time, and what % full/empty the battery is.
i think level 2 plug is 2 1/2 hours from empty, but all charging starts quickly, and slows down as you fill up.

 

#4 possibility? CHG mode while driving downhill.

 

combo mode.

 

I'd rather charge the Prime when driving, if possible. Wouldn't want to pay for extra electricity and gas.
-Cheap Fred

 

The shelf was really high, like cooktop high. https://blog.consumerguide.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/03/73.jpg And poor visibility out the back. I sat in the back seats as the Ford guy drove around Seven Springs Resort. All these plugins are going to be cramped for space in some way. Maybe its just finding the one that fits what you want to carry.

 

it's not efficient, even with low gas prices. your electric price would have to be sky high to make charge mode worth while. it's handy for mountainous driving, where you can fill up if necessary and have plenty of battery power for climbing.
or for entering an ev only city, which we don't have on this side of the pond, afaik.

 

There is a post here somewhere from a few days ago that quoted Toyota saying charge mode would use 1/4 to 1/3 a gallon of gas to charge to 80%. If by 80% they meant of the normal EV SoC then that would be say 20 miles worth of recharge for a MPG of 60 to 80 for the gas used. Really?

edit vid sounds better with headphones. 80% total pack recharge mode. 1/4 to 1/3 gal. on flat hwy at speed. regen 60% stronger coasting/braking. Increased battery degradation using charge mode.
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I want to see if these things can EV up and down the mountains here (I-68) while recharging over the crests and through the valleys. Trying to eliminate the screaming ICE/hybrid battery recharge that usually happens about half way up and kills the MPG (G2/G3). Maintaining a high SoC will allow both electric motors to be used. I can see where this would be hard on the batteries though. In another way I Just want to trade many short hybrid ICE recharge cycles for one long one at the place of my choosing and be able to go all EV in the urban stop and go traffic where I might be headed.

Thinly padded rear seats? More of a problem for those of us who are also thinly padded or for those who are mostly padded? I'd only be sitting back there if you were driving anyway.

Hmm. So the HB is unavailable do to the "Recall" so only the Prime will be seen on dealer lots in a few weeks. Hmm.

 

if that's correct, at 24 cents/ kWh, it would be cheaper for me to charge with the engine than plug. but i still don't want to buy the oil.

 

There are also under-floor trays on the left and the right. The left one comes with the tire repair kit in it.

 

See here: Raising of cargo space floor platform | Page 3 | PriusChat

The G4 has no native underfloor storage at all.

 

Well that makes it 4 !
Don't forget the solar roof,I'm sure the US will get it eventually.

 

Yes but not really worth mentioning,exept they are deeper in the production model !