Distance travelled on electric only?

I have a 1 mile stretch of flat road in my subdivision with no stop signs or lights, and I can usually go that whole stretch at the speed limit of 35 mph on pure electric power only. I don't have the EV button (yet).

 

In the summer during ideal conditions (including a green lights), I can go as far as 3 miles at 35 MPH in stealth.

But most of the time, it's just a 1/2 mile or so.

 

That's phenomenal John, your speaking of the Classic I presume, not the HSD (yet) Your terrain must be perfect for that sort of run.

 

I've managed 1.5 miles in EV mode (ie with the button). That was with a rolling start, but on the other hand it wasn't totally uniform speed. I'd previously been cruising on high-speed roads, so the battery was well charged.

The distance you'll manage depends a lot on how much charge you start with. OK, that's fairly obvious, but what's not obvious is that bar 6 holds as much energy as bars 3-5 put together (even before hysteresis effects).

EV mode deactivates when bar 3 is depleted, so if you start with 6 bars on screen, your range can vary by more than a factor of two depending on whether you're actually at the top or bottom of bar 6.

I assume the classic's EV range is higher than the current Prius - it's got 36% more battery capacity.

 

Did your sales man come from year 2020?

Please be aware the excess use of EV mode degrades your overall mileage.

Regards,
Ken@Japan

 

i haven't really measured how far i go in stealth mode but i agree that it depends on SOC and terrain.

 

No, the HSD clearly has better stealth than the Classic.

I can get further along the same old road I've been driving forever in the HSD. The pedal is more forgiving, especially when you are nearing the point where the battery-pack is suggesting a recharge.

But realistically, I don't give a rip if the engine starts back up for a few seconds. The extra help is useful and the resulting electricity is beneficial later on anyway.

 

FWIW, Wonderful Wayne stated that one could travel between 1/4 and 1/3 of a mile for every green car produced on the histogram.

 

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That's OK Evan, the flag is not all that big and it is pretty easy to miss the Location: Perth, Western Australia as well ;-)

 

I don't know if the question was "how far can I go without the engine ever turning on, ie. Can I get the kids to school in the morning" or "how far can I go, if for example, I ran out of gas".

From a cold overnight start? Don't bother unless it is downhill and you start with at least full blue.

When I got my EV mod with the engine warm and the air temp maybe 35F, I got 1.2 miles of flat or slight up hill from a stop sign (slight downhill start) from full blue before I hit pink. Just to see. I usually cancel at 4 blue since after that 1.2 miles I hit a short but somewhat steep hill and will be using both ICE and battery to get up it. Pretty stupid to intentionally do that on pink.

If I can engage EV, I can do the last .7 miles (on my commute home from work) from a stop sign to my house, which is MOSTLY somewhat downhill posted at 30 MPH or less starting and ending with the same number of bars. I bet I wouldn't even make the first quarter mile in the morning without hitting pink from 5 or 6 blue and I'm not going to try it!

My favorite place to force EV is at the end of trips where the last mile or so of the destination is flat or down hill (I have several of these) since it doesn't pull the battery down too much and the uphill return will require ICE anyway. I also use it in parking lots.