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Prime. Charge to 100%

Discussion in 'Gen 5 Prime Charging' started by potato, Sep 19, 2024.

  1. potato

    potato Junior Member

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    Do I need to treat the Prime like other EV meaning charge to 80% only?

    The car has been driven daily from 100% down to HV mode kicks in.
     
    #1 potato, Sep 19, 2024
  2. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    No. Toyota already built a buffer into the Prime. 100% battery meter SOC is approximately 83% true SOC.
     
    #2 Tideland Prius, Sep 20, 2024 at 1:52 AM
  3. BiomedO1

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    You've got a 10yr or 150K mile warranty on that traction battery. Toyota has anticipated that most people don't read the OM, so the system is pretty much plug-n-play. There are issues of the aux. battery draining due to a bad batch of batteries from their vendor and a TSB concerning that, so if you have a problem starting the car or low battery indicator - you can have the dealer check-out those conditions. Using the car as a daily driver and routinely draining the EV portion of the battery is actually good exercise for the pack and the way the car was designed to operate. The real test is to leave the car unattended and not operating for 2 weeks.

    Hope this helps....
     
    #3 BiomedO1, Sep 20, 2024 at 12:12 PM
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