Prime in the wild.

Yeah, I have seen three since March of 2017. It is old hat now.

 

We were beside/behind one for a while yesterday. A bright blue (blue magnetism?).

 

Are you in Van right now? Seems like the Primes almost outnumber regular 4th gen Prius?

 

It's a great color choice:



And Blue Magnetism.

 

When I bought my silver 2020 Prius Prime XLE in early September 2019, there were very, very few Prius Prime's in LA and spotting them was like spotting unicorns, but a few months later they were everywhere! 2020 model year has resulted in the mainstream acceptance of Prius Prime in LA.

Sometimes I wish I had bought the blue magnetism. While the silver is arguably the best-looking, classiest, and easiest-to-maintain, almost-self-cleaning Prius Prime color, it sometimes feels boring.

 

I have never seen a Prius Prime used for rideshare. Uber, Lyft, etc. drivers always buy the much cheaper Prius. A slow-charging small EV battery is useless for rideshare and it only increases the cost.

 

Up here they appear very close in price. Tech level Prius and (I think) base level Prime virtually the same price, the Primes maybe $200 more.

 

It's possible. I'll have $7,002 in federal tax credit, California rebate, and Southern California Edison rebate, even though it's been almost two months since I filed my tax return and I'm still waiting for the federal tax credit.

However, an Uber driver would be more concerned about the monthly payments than future rebates and credits.

This is probably the same reason why more people buy the Prius instead of the Prius Prime. Some are probably also afraid of EV's because they think the battery will fail or simply don't think an EV is suitable for them, even if it's a plug-in hybrid.

 

I saw a PRIME today. I was so excited. The 1st one I have seen in over a year. I think I am up to 4 or maybe 5 now.

 

I’ve felt like a very rare bird, indeed, since buying my blue Prime up here in MN in February. I thought I saw a black one once, but wasn’t fully confident. This time, I definitely saw a red Prime that looks to me like a 2020. In fact, I’ve seen the same one twice in the same location - a parking lot that I often walk past. Each time, I made a big deal - but my wife was unimpressed and so we walked on.
Really like it in that color!

 

I’ve seen a few parked at places I’ve gone to shop, but actually got a wave from another one when we were passing it recently. It’s one of those “Hey! Look, another Prime!” type looks as both me and the other driver craned our necks to see each other.

 

I hardly every used to see any Blue Magnetism, but two days in a row I saw about half a dozen of them! It's so nice to see this great unique color, but I don't want too many people to have it. LOL