Prius Plug In Warp Drive

The PIP's power specs are the same as for the normal Prius. And the Pwr/Eco button is supposed to only change the "law" of the accelerator (torque versus percentage depression curve), not the ability to reach the highest torque when floored. So maybe you DO have a "special" car, or some protective limitation is not working! The 0-60 time shouldn't be better than about 10 seconds. You say "very quickly", but get someone to time it with you.

 

As pointed out by an earlier poster, the Eco/Normal/PWR settings have no effect on the amount of of power you get if you floor the throttle pedal. All those settings do is vary the "power requested vs. throttle displacement" curve, and all of the curves end up at the same point when the throttle is floored. The Eco setting also effects some climate control variables, but that is not relevant to one's acceleration when flooring the throttle.

Note that the OP is in Europe (or the UK), since he mentions "City" mode. The PiP there has City mode rather than PWR mode. City mode aggressively suppresses starting the ICE unless you really floor it. This is to comply with zero-emission zones in many European cities. Along with City mode comes the apparent lack of what is called in the US a "boost" mode where both the electric motor and the ICE are providing power at the same time. The programming is different, so the OPs experience may not be consistent with what we see in the US.

 

yep, call mine the pocket rocket. drive like it all the time and still get great mpge.

 

When I stamp to the floor the car looses City and Evo modes and just goes well. How well I don't know as I am not too interested. as Rolls Royce used to say 'adequate'.

 

Oh hey yeah, keep it legal.

 

That's a nice explanation. Not being aware of Toyota delivering 2 different configurations of PiP has contributed to a variety of misunderstandings about what the system is actually capable of and intent of the first model.

Flexibility has always been the key. In fact, that's why it was so easy to augment with increased battery-capacity. Those who wish to undermine twist that to appear to be a desperate attempt to redesign a system to do something it was never intended. We know that isn't the case. Toyota has carefully considered mainstream need and avoided succumbing to hype.

Collecting extensive real-world data collection from Europe for CITY operation and from the United States for BOOST operation positions Toyota well for the next-gen model. That will go a long way toward the ultimate goal of delivering a profitable configuration for the masses.

 

Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha . bisco you kill me! Just how fast would you get pinched if you

 

let's put it this way, i just drove from florida to mass and never exceeded the speed limit. pulled 46 mpg in my wife's hycam.

 

IDK if it is for all european Prii, but the ones with km/h odometer have a big misread of the speed. 100 km/h indicated is only 94 km/h in real life. That is about one second of acceleration.

 

I have no idea about other countries but for ALL Toyotas in the UK the speedometer over-reads by exactly 10% but not the odometer which is accurate. (odometers read distance, speedometers read velocity.)

I understand it is some legal thing to ensure that drivers don't accidentally speed, so the speedometer calibration may over-read but not under-read.

 

You're right, the speed is displayed by the speedometer, and that is the one that has a misread.

 

radar speed corroborates.