Acceleration- no response

Another possible cause for delayed response;People who left foot brake pedal and right foot gas pedal could create a situation where if the left foot is still pressing on brake pedal, even slightly, could override the gas pedal. I've always wondered how it would affect drivers who use both feet to drive - I should try it and see what happens.

 

20MPH with a fully warmed engine means you're in "stealth" mode (running on electric only). If you went more than half a mile or so at this speed (following the truck for two minutes) your battery was low. Potentially as low as two bars. If you suddenly ask for max power you won't get it from the battery. So the engine must start, that takes about a second, and needs some energy to do. Now refer to this:
Toyota Prius - Power Split Device
Set the MG2 speed in such a way that the road speed is 20 MPH. Now check and see what the max permissible ICE speed is, Hmm, only 2,600RPM. Not really going to sound like it's racing. 3,500RPM is available at 40MPH, 4,500RPM is not available until 63MPH. Your road speed will be increasing, you will be accelerating, but the engine won't -sound- like it's doing much.

If you know you are about to demand high power (for overtaking) make sure you fire the ICE first (jump over the centreline on the HSI) so it is running and ready. This is just like downshifting in a manual car.

 

Sounds very plausible.

 

It will not beep at you when TRC acts. It will blink. It beeps only on VSC working., ie when car moves in different direction that steering wheel suggests

I did it before XMAS. I had a winter shoes which are quite a big. Enough that I hit hard accelerator and brake at the same time. HSI went to PWR zone but no engine spining at all. Then after 2-3 secs I moved my foot a bit and then engine spinned up like crazy. I was in ECO mode.

Maybe it was that. No lamps, no beeps, no alerts. I was thinking about it for a half of day and thought that I must stepped on both pedals at once. I retried it on a safe road - it works this way. Brake pedal overrides accelerator.

 

I forgot those limitations imposed on the ICE at low speeds but that is exactly what happened in my case. Thanks.

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No worries, it's definitely counterintuitive, but just a limitation of the system.

 

There is more to that. I played with the PSD simulation on the above website and assuming that traction battery is empty and there is no significant current available (MG1 RPM as low as possibly), at 20MPH the ICE's RPM is restricted to only 998. At that speed there is hardly torque and power to accelerate. Only over 30MPH, the ICE's RPM can raise to 1300RPM where more torque is available. Now there will be some power transfer from MG2 to MG1 to allow raising ICE's RPM, but it could be limited at those low speeds.

I personally avoid depleting traction battery at all costs.

 

Actually 998RPM is the minimum permissible speed, with 2,600 being the maximum (you can drag the engine speed anywhere between these values and see MG1 speed change). The HV ECU will request anything between 998 and 2,600 based on demand from the driver.

 

Hey... but you know that you are playing with Gen 2 simulation?
Gen3 MG2 goes up to 13 500 RPM at 180 mph (112 mph). There are also two planetary gears interconnected by inner gear. MG2 is on the driving side, MG1 and ICE are on the other side. There is also a bit different MG1 to MG2 ratio, where MG1 protection limit is set at 74 kmh (46 mph).

Just to make it clear for new ones that will dig into this thread. Anyway this simulation open eyes and explain everything very clearly.

 

You misquoted me. I said : assuming ..... then ........

The scenario you illustrated requires a lot of energy going to MG1. If traction battery is exhausted, the only source of electricity is MG2, not sure how much energy it's going to make at 1170 RPM and thus, I suspect that limits the max ICE RPM again when traction battery is exhausted.

 

We know. But MG2 in gen 3 reduced by another planetary gear to near 6500RPM, making it similar to Gen 2.

 

if it was in eco mode it does seem slow . go in normal mode or press the pwr button to lite the after burners.

 

I don't think it snows in MALAYSIA.

 

Could it be the motors disengaging just like the regen disengages for a second or two when one hit a rough patch or bumps. Perhaps the same circuit that causes this effect is interrupting the supply current to the motor when accelerating. I suspect there is a G-sensor of some sort to detect the bumps that may also be activating the same way when quick acceleration is required.... a sticking sensor perhaps.

 

Regen is disengaged when VSC or ABS engages. It means lost of stability and car reverts to prooven hydraulic systems.
When accelerating a break in acceleration is caused by lost of synchronization in MG2. ECU cuts down power, wait until it is able to recover and resync phases and then powers system again.