MAX distance on just electric motor

i have gone nearly 2½ miles. that was a very slight drop in elevation, not enough to matter a lot i dont think.

 

I've gone 4 miles.

 

I agree, how far you can go electric-only in one segment really isn't the point -- it's what the car does with the electric assist overall that really makes the difference. Personally, I think I've done 2 miles electric-only on a level surface, but that really doesn't measure what a hybrid is capable of. There is a lot more going on than that!

 

I've gone one full mile, and just a hair bit more when conditions were exceptionally optimal, WITHOUT the EV switch. Conditions have to be right though, generally, long straights, or gradual slopes in topography is the key. I can verify the 1 mile mark because one of the roads I turn into is precisely a mile from my house, it's mostly level with two little hills that help "spingboard" you.

But yeah, what Evan said, for "practical" purposes, don't expect more than 1/2 to 3/4...

Of course, this also assumes a "rolling start", and NOT from a dead stop...

Thing is, that's not really the ideal context to think about it in. ROUGHLY, let's say you have a 10 mile drive, an experienced Prius "Featherer" will use, to their advantage, the following three components: the ICE, the electric engine, and neutral, such that of that 10 mile stretch, maybe only 5 miles actually required use of the ICE.

Now, again, that's a very ROUGH example to illustrate a "fairer" context of the question you're asking.


Speaking of which, does anyone care to venture, over let's say 100K miles, what the ICE/Electric proportion is? As in: Out of 100K miles traveled, 43000 was non ICE...

 

Best if you loaded up with extra batteries charged from the wall... Otherwise, you'll just kill your MPG once the ICE has to recharge the batts.

Trust the design to use EV when needed, and the ICE when about as efficient.

It's nice to be able EV all the time esp in stop-n-go traffic, but that's not this car's default design.

 

actually i have extensive testing on this and at 35 mph, in the summer, relatively flat and no stops, its more like 70-80% battery by distance.. i have a stretch i drive which is only 6.5 miles but still allows the ICE to cycle on 5-8 times.

i have logged this run several times and the the worst to best is not much of a difference really.

 

I once went about 45 miles with at most a minute or two of ICE use. But some killjoy will probably insist that the 5,000-foot descent had something to do with it. <_<

Actually, your best mpg in the Prius isn't achieved when using the battery - which, after all, is ultimately recharged by the engine. It occurs when you're in gliding mode, which basically means you're coasting, but in gear. (I.e., you can punch it if necessary.) In those moments - and 20-mph traffic will give you lots of them, at least in the downhill direction - the Prius basically uses no energy at all, unless you're running the A/C, etc. AFAIK, this is a unique feature of Toyota's hybrid synergy drive; the Honda hybrid system has no way of disconnecting the ICE from the drive train.