Featured Prius Prime Name Change for Model Year 2025 to be known as Prius Plug-in Hybrid

Seems more sensible. Like the Gen 3 Plug-In.

 

What other changes will they make? Rear hatch leak potential will no doubt get extra scrutiny...

What about strange tire size that makes options limited and hard to find when its time to replace? Probably not...

What about complaint of less storage space and roof too low? Raising the roof height even a little would be nice, but probably not till Gen 6 if that ever happens?

And how about some improvements to all the complaints about the user interface? Ditching their entertainment system for Android OS would be awesome, but that's not how big corporations operate...

Also, it sure would be nice if the new version of whatever they call Toyota techstream was pre-installed in the vehicle as onboard diagnostics, which will never happen because that'd be way too smart and Toyota is too cheap and always hungry for to much proprietary control to add a computer to handle an integration like that, but sure would be fun for nerds like us.

 

I think that the prime label was introduced back in 2017 for the north american market for the prius PHEV .At that time , people were still trying to understand the difference between ICE and Hybrid .....so imagine adding Plug-in Hybrid in the picture. Today the prime label has lost it's shine with the introduction of the EV vehicule . ...PHEV label is universal .

 

Americans are dumb. It's why Chrysler went with just hybrid for the Pacifica.
Ford also did well with using a non-generic name in Energi for their PHEVs during the time of the PiP.

 

Bummer PPPHEVXP (Pretty Prius Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicle [XSE Premium]) doesn't roll off the toung as nicely as PPPXP (Pretty Prius Prime [XSE Premium]).

Will

 

I get your point , by the way this also applies to Canadians also . The learning curve is a long and winding road , espacially when marketing gurus try to create dumb labels ...I had to explain the difference to many intelligent people ......so in the end some dumb people won't be thinking that the Prius Prime is a product found on Amazon Prime

 

The manufacturing probably has already commenced, and the 2025 Prius HEV and 2025 Prius PHEV should likely hit the US dealers starting in November 2024 if not earlier.

 

You mean it’s not a Prius I can buy on Amazon…??

Yeah, it’s dumb, but people at dumb, and it will work better with search engines, as mentioned above. My Bumblebee (name by my son ) will always be a Prime.