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EV Button, Hill Anticipation

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Fuel Economy' started by Winston, Jun 6, 2007.

  1. Winston

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    I commute from the San Ramon Valley to Oakland every day. (HWY 24) This involves going up a hill, through a tunnel, then back down again. The problem is that when I go up the hill, I cannot get the car to use up the battery charge. Then when I start going down, it goes to all green bars almost immediately, then I know it is wasting some of the electric energy it could be storing in the batteries. I wish I could make it drain the battery more when I go up the hill.

    Will and EV switch help with this? I don't think it would.

    Any suggestions? Did I explain this correctly? BTW this all happens at freeway speeds.
     
    #1 Winston, Jun 6, 2007
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    aaf709 Ravenpaw of ThunderClan

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    I don't think it will. IIRC, the EV mode won't even come on if the battery is full green.
     
    #2 aaf709, Jun 6, 2007
  3. efusco

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    If you drive at <34mph up that hill then the potential exists for you to use the EV button that way...but it won't make a huge impact on your FE.
     
    #3 efusco, Jun 6, 2007
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