2027 toyota prius

When will the market stop reacting to fuel prices? When fuel is cheap, people don't buy EVs,
and visa-versa.

 

if you want to pay msrp, go to a dealer and they can tell you when and what will be coming in, and you can reserve one.
if you want a better price, wait until they are on the lots. although, being in the southeast, you'd have to travel.
there likely won't be any changes

 

2027 Prius plug in hybrid models are already out in Cda per Toyota.ca with the base SE over $2K more expensive than the 2026. Only few changes added vs the ‘26: dual zone climate control and dual EV charger (level 1 & 2). Comparison was only the base model trim. Would be paying $3K more OTD if getting the new 2027!

 

Dammit. Toyota's CA website also says the 2027 HEV is getting dual zone climate as well. I was okay not having it before because it was only possible on the PHEVs(Europe's had dual zone from the beginning), but now that it's going to be in the HEVs as well, my mod addiction is going to get going again. And trying to add dual zone climate to an early gen5 HEV would be really rough. But I've been feeling cocky ever since I successfully added FTCA and LCA, and adding dual zone climate would be an even bigger challange.

Yes, I'm an idiot and I'm okay with that. lol

 

depends how badly you want that dual zone climate control…I’ve got that in my CRV hybrid and barely utilize it so in essence, I use it like my Prius PHEV that only has the single zone climate control which I am fine with!

 

The existing Gen 4/Gen 5 OEM EVSE is also dual Level 1 & 2 (120 and 240 V), but you need to buy an aftermarket plug adapter for Level 2.

 

it only took toyota 15 years to provide L2 oem without mods

 

The new OEM EVSE is basically the old one with a plug adapter. Why didn't they include a plug adapter before? Because that is Toyota, always as conservative as they can be.

 

Yeah, I would almost never use the dual zones, but it's more of the challenge of doing something no one else would do(for good reason).

Back in late 2022/early 2023 when I was researching the gen5 to decide exactly what I wanted, I made a mental list of all the subtle variations around the world. Then I sorted them into things I wanted and didn't want. And then whether they were possible or not. And finally how much they would cost to add and how difficult the process would be. I learned that Europe got the dual zone, but it was impossible to add to a HEV at the time because the A/C boxes were incompatible between the HEV and PHEV. But now that's going to change.

But oh my god the work. I'd have to pull the dash again, but this time I'd also have to pull the structural metal dash bar and the instrument wiring harness. And I'd have to take the car to a shop to have the refrigerant pulled before I started. Then swap the A/C boxes, put everything back together, including a new A/C control assembly and probably a new A/C amplifier assembly, and then have the system recharged with refrigerant. And only then would I know if the 2023 US HEV could talk to the newer components. If not, I'd get to do everything all over again to convert it back. Fun.

For cost reasons, I'd probably wait until a 2027 HEV ended up in a salvage yard.



On the positive side, I've currently got a free TIS subscription until they realize their mistake. I had to reset my password(Toyota makes you do it every 90 days or so), and now I've got basic TIS access(repair manuals and wiring diagrams but no diagnostic access). I figure the access will disappear in a day or so, but it's nice to have it just as this 2027 dual zone climate thing came up.