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Even though a Prius produces negligible CO, we in California still have to get a smog test every two years. Thank you, SMOG test center lobby. In...
Yes, when you want to park with the radio or other accessories on, just leave the car in READY mode. The engine won't run unless the main battery...
The 8 or 16 amp charging from the charger is nothing compared to up to 90 amps of regeneration current every time you step on the brake or coast...
Exact same thing here on my 2017 Advanced. These functions work fine on the Toyota App on my iPhone, so it is something Android-specific.I have a...
The primary effect of the Qi phone charger in the Prime is to heat up your phone. Dribbling a little bit of charge into the phone is incidental....
My 2017 Advanced has an LTE (4G) phone, so the telematics work fine --- as far as they go. I can do things like determine charge level, start...
Roseville has its own generation facilities, so transmission and purchase expense is not much of an issue. We are also connected to the regional...
I guess I should just keep quiet about my $0.14/kwh rate in Roseville, CA, with our municipal electric utility. This is the rate after various...
This may not apply here, but when in Hybrid mode, the ICE will run occasionally to bring the charge in the traction battery up to a desired level....
I don't know if this is still an issue, but at one point anyway, people found out that they could not just cut off and replace the 120V plug,...
So does this mean that if I have a 2017 Advanced (with the large screen) that I cannot get an updated SD map card from Toyota, and third party is...
Thanks for all the folks updating and correcting what I said here about running the traction battery completely dead. I was clearly out of date.
Actually, there is a way to run the traction battery down to real 0%: run out of gasoline (so the ICE cannot run), and then keep driving after...
Another difference with the Prime drive train is that it has a one-way clutch that allows MG1 to propel the car. The clutch keeps the gasoline...
I believe that if the ICE is unable to run (like being out of gas), that that is one of the few ways to actually deplete the traction battery to...
