Either you cant or it's very hard to glide.

Raised the same issue in this thread, with a good number of replies:

Glide mode in Prime? | PriusChat

 

toyota learned from people on priuschat that gliding raised mpg's. so they built it into the car in gen 3 to get a better spa test score.
in the 2018 camry, they built a true slide (neutral) into the car to get 50 mph epa. with every generation, hypermiling returns fewer dividends.

 

Do you have a scangauge or ODBII method to see your engine rpm?

 

Is Toyota Camry hybrid 2018 a seriously good car to get, considering Prius Prime Advanced????

 

it's a whole different ride. why compare apples and oranges?

you want plug in? hatchback? 4 seater? limited trunk space? mpg's way beyond epa?

or comfort, size, quietness, smoothness, spaciousness, close to epa mileage?

 

I don't understand this thread. It's trivial to set torque to zero in the Prime using the HUD or MID display of power. Just control the bar to the zero line. What's the issue?

It was harder in my 2004 because you had to guess where zero was.

 

By gliding, do you mean a zero electric power glide, or a maximum electric power (with no ICE power) glide?

(And I'd argue that maximum electric power is still a glide... the point of pulse and glide is to keep the ICE at either its maximum efficiency (pulse) or not running at all. Using electric power extends the time that the ICE isn't running.)

 

Wow... and it looks like cheap fuel is here to stay!

 

OPEC and Russia are playing chicken with the rest of the oil producers. They are trying to reduce the supply glut on the market, and it is slowly going down, but this means more hardship at home in the short term.

The others are able to keep increasing production, but at a cost. Total production is climbing for the US shale fields, but the amount per well is dropping.

 

Got it, you seem well-informed. What is your prediction for gas prices in the US for 2018? are we likely to stay around $2.50/gallon on average?

 

I just happened upon some articles that were outside the accepted "cheap oil is here to stay" story. I don't make such predictions, but it is taking longer to reduce the supply amount than the Saudi's hoped. I think it will take an outside disruption to lead to any major price increase at this point.

The production numbers for oil fields and wells is publicly available here; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The low oil price is leading to the major oil companies to cut back on prospecting investment. This will be a factor in the future.

While the oil companies are doing okay with the low oil price, the oil support industry might be feeling a squeeze.

 

If gas prices go up, we will see Prius become a bigger success. I sure hope for that, but I have been waiting all this year and nothing!

I want to feel smug when my friends in SUVs start complaining about gas prices. Right now they are all smiling :-(

 

i've been waiting years...