New member here from Vancouver British Columbia Canada excited to be taking delivery tomorrow on a brand new 2026 Prius XSE Premium PHEV in Guardian Grey. The car is my wife's but hopefully I will get some seat time . New to the world of hybrid and EV but not new to forums as I am quite active on the Honda forums since I own a Honda and was active on the Nissan forums since my wife's previous car was a Nissan but PHEV are new to me so lots of questions to come. Will post some pics.
Why the glut? When I picked up my HEV, I noticed that the same three PHEV Prii were on my dealer's lot 5 weeks after I ordered the car.
Where I live I think the EV rebates have dried up and the majority of the people don't want to pay the extra $$$ for a plug-in versus hybrid. My wife got a nice rebate bringing down the price very close to a hybrid model Prius. Dealer said they were motivated to move inventory to hit quotas.
And here I thought Toyota Canada was intentionally limiting units. Guess not for the Prius PHEV. (Or they are but the demand isn’t there).
Not sure but the couple dealers I spoke with they had stock on 2026 Prius models in all trims. The dealer that I bought the Prius from told me RAV4 hybrid wait times ~1.5 years, Corolla Cross hybrid ~2 years, Sienna hybrid ~2 years.
Hard to tell just driving by, but if it's like here, likely all or most plug-in. One further downside of big batteries: (in plug-ins or pure electric): tires wear out faster. Our daughter's Tesla 3 seems to really eat up tires. Looked it up and AI summary said they do, due to greater curb weight, and the instant torque. The Tesla 3 weights roughly 800 pounds more than our 2010. I think we matched her yesterday: Interesting: the lug nut torque on tesla 3 is 129 ft/lb.
