Do you wait till your battery drains down or top it off at 1/2 full or more ?

pip range is officially 11 , but i got around 16 best case when it was new. it dropped to 14 in the second year, and has been there ever since.

occasionally, mrs. b will say, i have to go to xyz, can i take your car? well the car is sitting around 6-8 miles, and the trip is 10 or 12.
can you wait half an hour for it to charge up? no.

 

Same here .

But it won't rain for months.

I enjoy summer .

 

Without switching back and force between EV and HV, my EV only drive from a full charge can range from 18 miles in the middle of winter to 36 miles in the warmer month. However, I have done 36 miles from a full charge only twice in 2.5 years with 2017 PRIME. I have not even tried doing that with my 2020 PRIME. I don't drive often enough now, and gas is far cheaper than electricity. For a little driving I am doing now, I have been focusing on using as little of electricity as possible to drive as far miles as a kWh can take me.

Currently, 22.2 miles/kWh on 1289miles odometer distance.

 

I remember you balking a bit several months back about the idea of using a pre-existing 240 volt outlet in your home or installing a new one for faster charging.

But,...a 240 volt outlet in conjunction with your current Toyota OE 120v EVSE unit would easily solve your problem, a full 0% to 100% charge takes about 2:28 minutes.

If you kept your traction battery at a lower state of charge like 0% to 50% because you are not using it everyday, but then realized you'd like to go out "soon" to run some errands, you could plugin with your Free Toyota OE 120v EVSE at 240 volts for let's say ~1 hour and you'd get an additional ~10 miles of range on top of whatever you already had in your Prime.

Problem solved, no ICE required.


Rob43

 

i thought it was an epa test?

 

L2 charging is absolutely worth it for me. I often make trips right after supper. I come home from work, plug in while I eat and change clothes. By the time I'm ready to go the car is fully charged or nearly charged.

And L2 is a lot more gentle on the battery that just driving the car. It takes two hours to fill the battery and the car can empty it in less than a quarter of that time. On top of that, there's charge mode that can take it from zero to an indicate 80% in about 30 minutes as you drive. L2 is nuthin'!

 

You once mentioned a 240v dryer outlet that you could use, how many feet away is this outlet from where your Toyota EVSE
would have to plug in ?


Rob43

 

I understand the holding off. Being an electrician, running my 240V line was easy; especially since I just had to run the wire over the garage ceiling to the opposite wall from the service entrance. Still, with the price of copper, and needing a sub panel, it wasn't cheap to me. I did it over three years ago and I'm not sure it's paid for itself yet in pure dollars. But then there's the convenience factor of buying gas way less often.

 

I think that's wise.

 

During covid-19 until today, I have topped it off for the last 3 months and use it once or twice a week. No issues so far and mileage still doing great. I worry more about the 12V battery than the traction battery which has a longer warranty period. Toyota's 83% top charge does a great job indeed.

I am sure by the time, this Prime will be traded for the next Gen Prime within 10 years