Do you wait till your battery drains down or top it off at 1/2 full or more ?

Okay, thanks, so are you still getting 25 miles in EV mode when you do have it at full charge ? (or did the pip have a lesser range when new ?)

 

hey when the wife is ready to travel they don't want to wait, I know from my wife

Hey, you're still getting 3 miles range over the norm after all that time, so that is good !

I've read where many people seem to get more than the 25 miles the Prime is supposed to get on a full charge.

 

That's encouraging, I wondered if Toyota said 25 miles knowing it could likely be higher, but maybe wanted to give a minimum you should expect like in very cold weather.

That's the first I remember hearing that rain effects EV range.

Is that due to the rain cooling things down, adding drag to the car, energy used for the wipers ?

You do have some cold winters up there, I guess the extreme cold has a much greater effect then just getting chilly out.

 

Thanks, actually when we had the 120 volt outdoor outlet installed next to where we park the car we didn't rule out the possibility of later on sometime adding a 240 volt outlet, my wife did like having the 120 volt outdoor outlet for other outside uses besides just the car though.

Time to snooze, I'll check the forum tomorrow to get more educated

 

Thanks, we may not get a 240 volt outlet right away, but a good possibility for later as I can see it would be nice to have.

 

Rough estimate about 50-60 feet, but I'm not sure if my wife would like the idea of remembering not to use the dryer when the car is charging, not to mention we'd have to make a hole in the laundry room floor to run the cord out.

The electrician ran 120 volt outdoor outlet straight from the outdoor circuit breaker box which is on a pole right near the house. ran conduit underground to where the outlet is at. He said he could do the same with 240 volts later if we wanted. I know it's a little pricey to have done and after making several expenses recently I think my wife (my financial advisor ) might want to hold off for now.

 

Thanks, when we had the 120volt outdoor outlet put in the electrician cost us somewhere between $300-$400 (can't remember exact amount) but since we wanted an outdoor outlet for other uses besides just charging the car that made us feel a little better about the expense.

It's too soon to tell yet how often being able to do a quick charge with a 240volt outlet might benefit us. As nice as it would be to do a quick charge, it might turn out that really NEEDING a quick charge might only happen 2-3 times a month or less, too soon to tell.

I'm retired so no daily commute, my wife wanted to keep working for now but her commute is only 2 miles away and for that short commute she takes the Kia so it don't sit totally unused. We use the Prime for most all our other running except her 2 mile commute.

We might travel out of town to the nearest big city (about 25 miles away) as seldom as once a month or even less. Likely most (with rare exceptions) of our miles travelling in one day in our small town should stay under the EV range.

So yes, I would like the 240volt quick charge available just for the occasional times we might need a quick charge, but given our typical driving it's something that we don't need to rush into, though personally I'd just as soon have it done, it's not a big deal if we need to wait a while though.