Prius in Brazil

Hello guys!
My first post here. Sorry for English, but it's from Google Translate.

I live in southern Brazil, and bought my Prius 4 Gen a little over 1 month ago.
Paid the equivalent of U $ 30,000.00 in a 2018 - 0km.
I am very happy with the car so far. Before, I owned a Peugeot 208.

I still have not achieved averages as impressive as some users of this forum. I believe that because my daily routes are small - an average of 6km after departure, and also because gasoline in Brazil has at least 25% ethanol.

My average is around 5l / 100km.

Well, that was it. I hope I can contribute in some way to this space that has helped me so much in choosing this incredible car.

 

Hello! Thanks for message!

I do not know if I understood your question well, but a LITER of gasoline in my city in Brazil is very expensive and costs the equivalent of US $ 1.20.

Remembering that each liter has 25% ethanol.

Even because of this we call "Gasurine" and not Gasoline. lol


About the Brazilian community in Framingham I hope to meet one day.


My wife and I have a dream of living in the USA.


But they are plans for a few more years.


About the photo, you asked for mine, the gas price or the car? Or both?


Sorry for the difficulty of interpretation because, as I explained, I'm starting in English so I use Google Translator to help me.

 

[QUOTE = "Mendel Leisk, post: 2898737, member: 69191"] Isso pode ser um fator nos 5 litros um pouco mais baixos por 100 km. Se não me engano, pelo menos para a América do Norte, a Toyota não aconselha mais que 15% de etanol agora?


I really do not know any adjustments in the engine to work with Brazil's gasoline.

Even this caught my eye.

When they delivered the car, I asked the dealership if they recommended working with a high octane gasoline that is even more expensive (but it also has 25% ethanol), and they told me it was not necessary.

The manual contains the following notes on fuel:

Type: Gasoline
Specification: According to the National Petroleum Agency,
Natural Gas and Biofuels

The model of my car is the ZVW50L-AHXEBW
Engine: 2ZR-FXE
Transmission: P610

I hope this does not cause any damage to the engine, other than a lower mpg rating.

According to the regulator in Brazil (which classifies the cars sold here), the Prius makes 18.9km / l in the city and 17km on the road and is therefore the most economical car in the country.

In the coming months will begin to be sold here the new Corolla that will be the first flex hybrid car in the world. It shares the same TNGA platform, but I do not know what differences they made in the engine so it could work only with ethanol.

 

Thank you guys.

I hope this does not cause any problems in my car, because I do not believe they have made any adjustments especially for the Prius sold in Brazil (which sells very little).

I find it more likely that this engine has always accepted a gasoline with more ethanol (more than is recommended in the manual of other countries, such as Australia and USA).

 

Seizing the opportunity:

In my city usually has a great thermal amplitude in the change of the seasons.

In my old car, it was common for him to score 47 ° C on the dashboard when he was parked in my company in the January sunshine.

And in winter it is common to do 1ºC or 2ºC here.

Would that be very damaging to the Prius?

Should I avoid leaving the car exposed to the sun because of the traction batteries?

Which of the stations performs poorly in terms of mpg? In summer or winter?

Thank you!

 

Yes, they are NiMH batteries.
Thanks for your tips.

There's a lot of humidity around here.
In the summer the thermometer marks 35ºC, but the thermal sensation is of 45ºC.
The times my old car struck on the 47 ° C panel, it's because he had stayed all morning under the sun.
And with Prius the same thing will happen, because there is no cover in my company garage.
I'll have to figure out how to handle this. Sincerely, I do not know.