We recently bought a 2015 plug in prius with a Nexcell battery and we are trying to figure out what its total EV range should be. We are getting about 13 or 14 miles range from a full charge. Does this seem right?
congrats! there is no standard range. if you drive it exactly the same as the era test, you might get 20 miles. but no one can do that, because it is on a dynamometer. range depends on a variety of factors including acceleration, speed, stop and go's, topography, climate, hvac settings, tires and etc. I would contact jack at nexcell for his opinion
I believe the original gen1 PHEV was only specs for 6-11 miles on the original Toyota pack. Like all PHEV; it varies based on driving conditions and drivers inputs.
I don't want to bother Jack about the car when we are so happy with it. I feel like all prius owners owe so much to Jack for the the Dr. Prius app. Jack is like St. Prius as far as I am concerned. We are pretty happy with the car. Most of our trips around town are on full EV mode. The engine kicks on in cold weather to run the cabin heater. Overall we are generally getting mpg in the 80s on a tank of gas. We expect that to rise with warmer weather. I notice a rebound on apparent EV range when we park for a long stop. I have had a goal of paying less than 10 cents per mile for travel now for decades and have been meeting that goal. We moved out of our 2005 prius when we moved on to this 2015 prius. Feels like a good move. We went from 47 mpg to something in the 80s or above. I was just wondering about the range issue. I have heard that the car turns off the charge when it gets close to 15 miles of range and that it is possible to trick the car into doing a second round of charging by unplugging, waiting for a while, then plugging it back in. That does nothing to bump the apparent range on this particular vehicle.
I hope you realize that the 80 mpg doesn't include the electricity your imputing and using. If you don't frame that into your equation, that's just bad math and bad science. Edmunds TCO (total cost of ownership) includes ALL cost, including maintenance, insurance, depreciation; over a 5 year period using average miles traveled. That number is totaled then divided by miles driven to get the TCO and cost per mile. Since they use the same methodology for all cars they test; you can infer an apples to apples comparison. While 80 mpg is a great "sound bite", the reality is that your closer to 45 mpg - if you didn't plug-in everyday. FWIW; my Prime is showing 120 mpg, since I'm mostly EV around town - but I do add electricity consumption into my math; for real world cost of operations comparison.
