I am amazed at the terror being displayed here. One of the world's experts shows how he accomplishes what he does. Instead of seeing people say 'what a great tip, I will use it as soon as I can.' we hear lame excuses and derision. This is precisely the fear response we see in reference to the Prius itself. We have not progressed as far as we would like to pretend. I am sure all those with the most fear would most promptly deny it (had I not, here, made that an even more fearful prospect).
I don't see terror. Some people prefer to be courteous drivers as opposed to having an attitude about mpg. It would probably seem to most that Wayne is extreme when it comes to mpg. If everyone took everything in life to the extreme the world would be worse than it is already.
I have just learned to properly glide. Before I was always just letting my foot off, or pressing it slightly in that first little corner section of the EV bar. I didn't realize that when I was pressing the gas pedal that I was supposed to be aiming for no arrows to show up on the energy display. Since I have learned this, I have been practicing pressing on the gas pedal to the point that no arrows show up but I am finding it really hard to do because there's only a TINY range of pressure you can press on the pedal so that no arrows show up for you to glide. Is what I'm experiencing right? I feel like when I get to a good glide spot and absolutely no energy is being used (none from electric motor, and no regen) if I hit a bump or something my foot moves sometimes and I lose that sweet spot. Is it supposed to be this hard to be able to get no arrows to show up when you are trying to glide properly?? It looks so easy in all these videos but when I go to do it, there's only a tiny room for error in how you're pressing the gas pedal.
From threads like http://priuschat.com/forums/gen-iii...keep-level-charge-in-battery.html#post1358971, Gen 3 folks say to ignore the arrows. They're hard to see anyway. On Gen 2, the display and arrows were MUCH larger and easier to see and it was appropriate to deadband (have no arrows).
You are as extreme with your terminology as he is with his hypermiling techniques. The point is...up to an acceptable level of hypermiling where you do not impact proximity traffic. Many people do not drive with fuel conservation in mind, and excessive hypermiling to the point of pissing people off does not convert them. It only drives them further to the opposite end of the spectrum.
It's good to see, other than a few exceptions, that people respect Wayne but definitely choose to think of others on the road other than just themselves. Good work PC!
Just ignore the arrows completely. Work on keeping the HSI band out of regen and out of the EV area. If you have too much trouble with that then let the EV bar sit in that first 1/8th or so of EV. The draw is so slight that it is still effiecient and better then allowing regen. Gliding is much tougher in the GenIII but it can be done. Most of the time I just keep the HSI bar in the EV area. I just finished a 59mpg tank with 49mph indicated average speed so it must work.
it is great Wayne did this and that a Toyota dealer made this happen for their customers. hopefully it brings forward more sales for them and a few safer, lower fuel use drivers on the road.
