Prius Prime Questions

What kind of fuel economy is to be expected using charge-mode ?
Does pre-heating or cooling the car deliver satisfying results ?
Can anybody say if the top speed of the Prime is the same as the hatchback ?
Does the car have enough power for overtaking in pure EV-mode, more specifically is there a kind of extra punch when you put the foot down ?
Once main battery is depleted and driving in HV-mode,are longer periods of driving in ev-mode possible than in the regular hatchback (~1 1/2 mile) ?
How does the JBL sound,apparently Toyota put some more sound deadning in the Prime vs. 2016 Prius . !?

 

can charge mode be used at any speed?

 

It worked from 0 to 65 when I tried it.

 

I got 48 mixed city/highway when I tried it for about 8 minutes.

 

excellent, thanks!

 

Wow !
That sounds amazing !
How many EV-miles were you able to charge in 8 minutes ?

 

Not sure. I wasn't familiar enough with the display to get the Ev range up on the screen. But I did drive about 2 miles and it wasn't used up.

 

Thanks !
I am absolutely impressed,if I think about gen. 3 beeing rated at 50 mpg but without having to charge a big battery that seems tremendous!
Can't wait to see one in person and test drive it !
Unfortunately they will not be available before March next year here .

 

That was a really short drive and thus a really small sample. I was just on a test drive.

This was my route: https://goo.gl/maps/QqESzC36eeT2

I drove the first two legs in charge mode and the third leg in Ev mode. When I started, the battery was right at the hybrid/Ev line, but it would go into Ev mode. When I got started on the third leg, I had a few pixels of battery above the hybrid/Ev line and when I got to the end of the drive, I still had a couple pixels above that line left.

Looking back at my GPS data, the charge mode was actually on for 13 minutes, not 8 minutes.