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Discussion in 'Gen 1 Prius Plug-in 2012-2015' started by ultraturtle, Aug 19, 2012.

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  1. lensovet

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    there is, it's called the European PiP
     
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    I get your point, but it distracts a little bit from my OP. My suggestion was not to "blow off the line" but to accelerate more agressively than most cars behind and beside you at 60% EV up to 25mph, 70% EV up to 34mph, and 80% above 34mph with virtually no penalty to EV range. Taking the worst case misinterpretation of my results would indicate a .5 mile total EV range reduction over the course of 17 accelerations, not just one, and would ignore the benefit of getting over 2 minutes of your life back in doing so.
     
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    drinnovation EREV for EVER!

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    Yes, I was agreeing with your OP, stepping-on-itat 60/70/80% in a Prius is a fine thing, and something every PiP Owner should enjoy and have some fun.
     
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    really? cool! why do they get stuff we don't and vice versa?
     
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    i wonder what happens when you turn the heat or defrost on?
     
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    charged up today and had no where to go. so i took a joy ride to burn off some juice. hit the back roads and really tore it up. this baby has some guliones!
     
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    drinnovation EREV for EVER!

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    what does "guliones" mean? Google found nothing helpful to me.
     
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    no idea, but it really describes the acceleration.:p
     
    #89 bisco, Sep 3, 2012
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    I'd prefer that. If someone can figure a way to switch the PWR button to behave like EV City mode, that would be an awesome hack. I wonder if it's as simple moving the wire from one pin on the ECU to another. Or maybe it's some sort of software setting via a hidden configuration menu or requires a special programmer.

    Anyhow, I really don't understand the point of a mode that makes it easier to start HV. A mode that makes it harder to start HV makes perfect sense, tho'.
     
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    ^^ditto^^ must be their perception of americans. gotta have POWER! and maybe they're right, it was the first thing the salesman showed me, he got all giddy talking about it. i have never used it.
     
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