My 2018 prius prime EV range

how many more kWh would you like?

 

Looks like you are doing well @JWP

@bisco How about another 5 kWh usable With no loss of cargo area or seating of course.

 

i'll take it! same low price, right?

 

Sure, why not? I wonder if the price of the Volt went up when they added IIRC about 25% more battery. The original was listed as 40 miles EV, 53 miles in the second go around.

 

not sure either, but its demise may tell you everything you need to know

 

Your monthly average mpg suggests you do most of your driving on EV. It is nice to have a 999.9 limit. Anything above 200 mpg means you are more than 75% EV. Are you still on the first tank of gas?

 

Here’s my trip back from work and round trip:



Reported range was 27 miles and my commute is 38 miles one way.

Not too bad so far and should get better.

 

Sweet! Very similar to my typical range. I think one time I got a little over 38, but it's usually 33-36 miles.

And I kind of wish sometimes that my mpg display didn't peg at 199.9. What were they thinking?! Mine is always pegged, so I switch to liter/100 kilometers and covert if I want to know. So far, I'm about 0.5-0.6 L/100k which is about 392 mpg. 91% EV after 1,600+ miles last time I looked.

 

Until you take your trip! Canadian border at Calais ME to Moncton NB, MPH sucked. < 50 MPG

 

When I bought my 2018 new and drove it back to Nebraska from California, out on the road my three tanks were 46, 47 and 58 mpg. That's in winter and mostly on interstates running the speed limit plus a few.

Overall, with 3920 miles on it (I bought it new with 281 miles on it - so that's about 3640 I've driven it), I've put 49 gals in the car and the tank is full now (last filled on Feb 26). So, subtract the current tank (which would get it full to empty for calculation), and it has gone 3640 on 40 gals, for an average of 91 mpg. No complaints there. I can live with 50 mpg on the highway at posted speeds.

 

I forget to mention that the speed for that leg is 70 MPH. The 300 miles from my house to Bangor was 55 max and through lots of small towns. Plenty of mountain hills, MPG was 62. I started with a full battery on EV Auto, switched to HV when I got to 8 miles EV left. The car ran pure EV those first 22 miles mostly at 50 MPH.

The car seemed to pretty much hold the 'reserve' EV miles once I switched to HV.

The leg from Bangor was also mostly 50-55 MPH, started with 7 miles EV, running HV and was over 60 MPG when I got to Calais.

 

Glad to see I'm not the only one getting an EV range almost 30% higher than advertised. I thought I might be an anomaly. Such a deal......

 

I used to get numbers like that on my 2018 Prime... But then I got new tires (not the super high efficiency ones) and I took about a 10% hit.

I still get well above the rated 40 km on most trips.

 

16% just on tire size!? (Same tires?) Yikes!
I guess I'm really not liking forward to installing my 16" winter tires...

 

No big change on mpg or EV range with 15" Xice3 on my 2017 PP, but winter and cold temp alone decrease mpg ~20% and EV range by as much as 50%.

 

I have a 2020 Prime that I purchased at the beginning of May. Thanks to the rebates from Toyota, the state and my federal tax rebate coming in 2021, I got about $10,000 off the sticker. My first comment is that I really like the car and the EV miles are outstanding. Here are some observations about my EV only miles since May.

I have a commute that is 35 miles round trip with no charging at the destination. After a couple of runs on EV, the EV miles meter went from 32 up to 37. Warm New England spring and summer weather have allowed me to make the trip on pure EV most of the time and EV miles stayed at about 37. The one-way ride has 11 miles of interstate driving and 6 miles of street driving. The easiest way to get the full 34 miles on this round trip is to have lots of traffic. That really translates to several miles of stop and go on the interstate. When WAZE shows too much stop and go, I take to the streets. The street routes always allow me to use only EV.

So, now enter the cooler fall weather. My estimated miles on the display are now down to 30 EV miles. In the past month I have not been able to do my round-trip commute on EV miles only. Plus, it is not even cold here. It will be interesting to see how the estimated EV miles go down as it gets colder. It looks like I will have to wait until next April before I can do this commute again on EV only. The morning temperatures have gone from 70F to 40F. Plus, it is necessary to use the heater to clear condensation on the windows. In the winter, the temperature of this commute will dive down to below freezing. EV miles are sure to dive as well.

It is interesting that the EV mileage capacity is so dependent in ambient battery temperature.

 

Driving in "B" gear in lots of traffic while in EV mode might get you more EV miles while saving the pads.