2023 Prius Cargo Cover

I assume the cargo cover can be removed, I put more stuff in there at times.
I’ll be a bit disappointed if the display can’t be split to show more than one item at a time, such as radio AND map, like the Sonata display does.
I also hope the sunroof is a separate option and not something I have to take in order to get other things I’d want. I would think it would add to the heat here in Phoenix even with the covers closed, though maybe the glass minimizes that.
I also hope features like CarPlay aren’t going to be subscription based, though I suspect they will be.

 

I found a YouTube video for the Tundra 14” head unit. It has the display options along the left side and you get to select one at a time, so you can’t split the screen to display SXM while also displaying navigation. Not a big deal, just a curiosity. My brother showed me his Sonata split into 3 displays back in February. He had SXM, nav and weather showing, but I believe he said that was cut back to 2 in an update. In any event, going from nav to radio and back with a simple press is better than what I have now on my 2014 Prius where there is no button to take you directly back to the nav display. You get the apps list, then have to select Maps.

And here’s what I was talking about when I mentioned having to pay for services. The video didn’t mention what was standard and what needed a subscription. The article explains that a little more, but I’ll have to do more research to see the details and cost. I have to admit the video showed how easy the subscription service was when it came to using a natural voice interaction, though it didn’t show how things worked without the subscription.
https://support.toyota.com/s/article/What-are-the-Assistan-10739?language=en_US#:~:text=The%20Assistant%20comes%20as%20a,Services%20using%20your%20Toyota%20app.

 

I'm 99% certain the hard cargo cover is supposed to be stored flat on the floor. There was a photo taken at a Tokyo event that had the rear hatch open. At the time, I thought the floor was actually the floor, but now that I've seen the cargo cover, I realize that what I thought was the floor was actually the cover. That sentence may not make the most sense(lol), but look at the photo and you'll realize what I mean.

https://bestcarweb.jp/images/547851/13/

 

That engine is so packed! I wonder how anyone can work on it?

 

i read you have to disconnect the mounts and jack up the engine to change the plugs. or was that gen 4?

 

Ok, I guess I was wrong. That picture really is of the floor. I just saw a video that showed the cargo floor(but didn't lift it) and it looked just like that picture. It was the shadow on the left that threw me. I assumed there was a drop on the left side because the floor was flat and the cover was sitting on top of it. But the floor on the left side isn't flat. There's actually some kind of drop down or pocket on that side.

 

The plugs look accessible, without need to remove cowl. I'm sure they got LOTS of feedback about that. Third gen was ridiculous, and fourth gen IIRC only slightly easier.

Here's a video screen grab, leftmost coil flagged: