Toyota Unveils the Powerful and Purely Hybrid Next Generation Camry

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  1. Isaac Zachary

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    I would think they are abundant here. But if not, what is?

    I know the hybrid Avalon is not popular here. I'm not sure that I've seen any other hybrid Avalon in Colorado, other than my own.
     
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    I don't know... My sister moved to Colorado Springs and told me that people don't drive Prius much where she lives because they suck in cold weather. Beyond that I don't know much.
     
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    Maybe I should answer my own question. I've only lived here for the past 50-some-odd years.

    Other than the typical full-sized SUVs and pickups, this place is also referred to as "the Subaru capital of the world."
     
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    Prodigyplace 2025 Camry XLE FWD

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    So, a Prius V replacement?? My son replaced his with a RAV4 Prime
     
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    Prodigyplace 2025 Camry XLE FWD

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    i have had no issues with my 2-25 in the past year. I have not moved it in a week though. The 2025 Camry battery cannot take people just using the multimedia usit in a mode other than READY though. It is a flooded maintenance free battery with a vent.
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    That's one swaddled battery.
     
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    I bought a self-heating LFP battery and put it in my Avalon. I works pretty well I must say.
     
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    Prodigyplace 2025 Camry XLE FWD

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    It is in a side compartment of the trunk under a panel, much like the Gen 2 & 3 Prius. The car is white so perhaps that color is distracting you.
     
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    i thought all batteries self heated when overloaded. ;)
     
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    The Li-Time battery I got:
    • 41 °F (5 °C) and below: Any charge current applied to the battery is routed through heating pads between the cells to heat the battery.
    • 32 °F (0 °C) and below: Switches on a diode so that the battery itself can only discharge. Now all charge current goes through the heating pads.
    • -4 °F (-20 °C) and below: Switches off discharge too, so now the battery cannot charge nor discharge. All charge current still goes through the heating pads.
    So I got a Li-Time LFP charger along with this battery that I use when it's freezing cold out. This keeps the battery warm automatically because any battery temp below 40 °F (4 °C) takes charging current and routes it through the pads.
     
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