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This is our fourth winter with our 2017 Prius Prime and its OEM tires. We live in the Boston area and do mostly urban driving similar to what you...
You definitely can drive the Prime with the charge port door open. The instrument cluster will display a "charging port door open" message. This...
That sounds about right. However, if your EVSE is connected to a power source (plugged into a wall outlet) and plugged into the car, you cannot...
When we went shopping for our 2017 Prime, the dealership had a "Blue Magnetism" Prime on the showroom floor but the florescent lights made the...
That "monster mutant cord thingy" is an EVSE -- electric vehicle supply equipment. It is the "concierge" for the charging circuit contained within...
The J1772 connector is engineered to be extremely resistant to damage. The SAE spec provides: Receptacle and cord plug –...
You're going to get a lot of replies about "state of charge," "cold soak," and "charge cycles." If you are sufficiently geekish, there's a lot of...
Complex design projects like automobiles are usually organized into project teams responsible for various components. Their designs are usually...
The Boston Globe (12/18/20) reports: For nine years in a row, Massachusetts ranked as the most energy-efficient state in the country, according...
Different people make different use of technology. Most people will only learn to use those features which they perceive to be of immediate...
You may have the smart locking system and be totally unaware of it. The charging port lid does not pop open automatically. You still have to press...
The real problem is that a PHEV in hybrid mode is carrying around more weight in batteries than a conventional hybrid would. And, as new PHEVs are...
You assume that all of the energy contained in a unit of gasoline is converted to the power being transmitted to your car's wheels....
Although the Salamander King is in the rural north of Maine and I am in Boston, we both deal with $0.21/kWh electric rates. For the month of...
I think you're confusing a "tax deduction" from a "tax credit." A tax deduction in the U.S. reduces the amount of your taxable income which is...
I had a similar experience a while back and discovered that my Prime had been placed in "Normal mode" rather than "ECO mode." It's something that...
You may want to acquire a few orange warning cones so that when you string your extension cord across the sidewalk, parking lot or lawn at your...
I agree. Smartphone integration is a great thing, but the Prime telematic remote apps are much more useful at a basic level, allowing you to...
We have a 2017 Prime advanced and love it. But when we bought it new, we had to ask the dealer to plug it in overnight so we could return for a...
It always surprises me when I hear about the things some people find annoying. It seems to be quite idiosyncratic and varies widely from...
