Trying to understand the charging number on the PIP

pineprius · Mar 31, 2012

[email protected] said: ↑

I did a test today and will try it again in a week or so. When I left from my house the temp was 50 degrees and the display was showing 11.9 miles. I live about 1.2 miles from the freeway entrance so that will be hard to get exact but at 5:00 am when I leave there is never traffic so it should be fairly consistent. I then got on the freeway and calmly accelerated and set the cruise control at 55 (didn't want to 'harm' the battery driving close to the 62 max). There was no power generated on the freeway. The ICE kicked in at exactly 13.0 miles (better than the 11.9 originally displayed so that is good). Again, I'll try exactly the same thing again next week and post the results.
BTW, so far on my first tank after 9 days, with a daily commute of 31 miles each way, the display reads: <br>
467.6 MI: CONS 100MPG: AVG 33MPH <br>
and that was including a trip over the Summit on Highway 17 to Santa Cruz which dropped me down quite a bit.
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Having lived in LG for 25 years, and now in relative flat land, it will be interesting to compare performance. For us, the PIP was the right car at the right time for our needs. Best wishes.:spy:

andyprius · Apr 1, 2012

usdmattiphone said: ↑

Like a lot of people were saying, it's likely "getting to know" your driving patterns. The hills you frequently drive, how much you lay into the acceleration, the average coasting distance you manage, amount of regenerative braking, etc... My guess is that if you moved from wherever you currently live, to a place where your first 13 miles were nothing but flat ground, you'd likely see an increase then normalization again of your estimated distance.

I myself saw 13.3 miles on my first charge, but by my second week, I see 10.9-11.3 miles. I have a fair amount of hills to and from work so that's likely eating into my charge (especially since one of the biggest is right as i leave my apartment and get almost no benefit of the initial regenerative braking down that hill but get penalized on it when i return home).
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In your case it may be better to start off, to and from work, in HV and save the EV for the flats.

vladkov · May 4, 2012

LenP said: ↑

Reading your driving terrain pattern and speed, I think that's your entire problem not the battery or car.
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Well, I guess you may also say, the higher the charging number - the better mark you get for good behavior from Mother Nature.. )))

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