Time to stop charging my PiP?

So if you had 5 EV miles when you start the car, you're telling me the car is smart enough to know which of those EV miles came from the plug and which were residual from regen? I've not observed the decrementing/cancelling of HV-regen'd miles behavior you've described.

This one I'm not sure I agree. We are only talking about HV operation in the power ranges where "EV" comes on the display, or subsequent to a lot of regen and enough charge to put a mile or more of EV range back on the clock. Regen used otherwise certainly counts towards HV mode.

 

yes...it seems to give you a pass on a few regen EV miles. But if you rack up a lot it backtracks and cancels the kwh for those until you charge from the wall again.

Mike

 

I'm referring to large elevation changes (or, if my wife's driving the car, a lot of braking from high speeds ). I've seen ~8+ miles of regen on long downhill stretches. If I get off the highway and switch to EV mode, then those count towards EV miles even though they should be HV miles.

 

I agree with your observation here. It seems it's not the EV miles showing that's at issue here. But 3PriusMike suggests that the EV (kWh consumed) side of the screen that displays respective EV/HV usage will subtract the kWh consumed that result from any HV-regen'd miles.

Any of the more techie folks want to chime in definitively?

 

wow, still 2.50 here. even if it keeps dropping, i'll stay with ev, too many other reason besides cost. think of the poor tesla driver though...

 

Why poor tesla driver. Theyd paid a premium for the car and shouldn't expect a return on it anyway....Electric should still be cheaper anyway

 

i paid a premium on mine and expect a large roi, just not financial. and they say money can't buy happiness.

 

Around here, gas is averaging $2.52 today, while electricity averages 9 cents/kwh. That puts the Tesla on fuel-price par with a 75 mpg gasser.

And unlike the oil that fuels my Prius, our electricity to fuel a Tesla doesn't help fund ISIS.

 

But, in the Northeast, electric rates have climbed at least 30% - the reasons from National Grid, limited availability of natural gas supplies, so they hit the consumer with a rate increase.

DBCassidy

 

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For me, it costs me approximately $1.10 in electricity to go as far as I could in our former Prius.
Personally, I don't care if gas is free.
On electric I have more convenient refueling.
I keep my money for fuel local, helping the local economy and giving zero help to people that want to kill us.
I have a vastly nicer driving experience. And I don't care if it is a Tesla, Leaf, or other EV, it is much more responsive, smooth and pleasant to drive.
I am not contributing to local pollution as much, and don't have any concerns over warming up my car in a closed garage.

 

Unless of course you care about reducing oil use too. In which case you won't want to use gas right?

 

There are many important benefits aside from direct costs giving more reason to consider electricity over gasoline.

I would add that continuing to charge helps take particulate and other pollution types out neighborhoods and cities providing significant health benefits.

 

I continue to charge. I paid $3.69 per gallon last fill up. It's now definitively less expensive to charge and use as much EV mileage as possible.

 

Wonder if anyone has stopped charging their PIP. Gas prices are around $2.00 in NJ: Compare Side-by-Side

 

$2.24 in Long Island, but a crappy gasoline