Next Gen Prius Plug-in Battery Speculation

Interview: Toyota on Next Prius PHV (1)

 

"Some say that it is troublesome to charge a plug-in hybrid vehicle at home. "

Wth? It's hard to find a standard 120V outlet to charge the small PiP battery overnight? Who in their right mind buys a PiP with NO way to charge it at home? Really, people, we are not talking impossibilities here. It's 3 ish kwh! If you are an apartment person, why did u buy a Plug-in? C'mon. Our PiP is great and it's so easy to boost MPG by simply plugging it in like our cell phones.

 

what is the 'C segment and D segment'?

'focus on energy density and larger motor', that's a game changer!

'we are still considering where to place the battery, CENTER CONSOLE or luggage space'. this is great stuff, thanks serge!

i feel like the questions were a setup, but that's okay, i liked the answers!

look at the response though! crazy talk!

 

Refers to Size class!

B-segment - Prius c
C-segment - Corolla
D-segment - Camry

 

so the 3rd gen pip will be camry size? or did i mis read? i think i have a difficult time translating the translation, to their english is not quite up to par.

 

Right, I think translation is a little off. Prius is usually said to be a C-segment car, not quite Camry, Fusion size, and I read the new platform can build smaller or bigger vehicles

 

thanks. i think maybe he was making a sidebar referral to new tgna models coming down the road?

 

with more energy density, it shouldn't be hard to load a ton of 'em in there somewhere. start at the glove box and work your way back.

 

What, a Prius without a center console controversy?

i say put the battery in the center tunnel, on the plus side, no more white bone china console!

 

D-class is equivalent to EPA mid-size, and C-class to compact.

The Prius is in between the two EPA classes, being a mid-size on the smaller end of the spectrum, though most 'compact' cars in the US are really small mid-size ones now. Toyota might classify the Prius as C-class, based on where it fits in their line up, with the new Corolla being mid-size.

 

so why does he bring it up? what is the context of the paragraph?

 

I don't see why they can't base the new Prius Plug-in on the Prius v, more space for batteries...

 

One could only hope . . .

 

In some states, charging from the grid would emit more emission than using the gas engine to charge it. It is good to see Toyota thinking outside the box.

It could be useful when you have L1 charger and need to make a quick charge.

 

they can, but they aren't looking to compete directly with volt, so they don't really need more space.

 

My initial impression was that he was saying the Prius was D class, and the PHV one would be C class. If these were EPA classes, the difference is in interior space. So I was thinking he was saying the PHV would have less space, likely due to the larger battery.

But rereading it, I'm not sure my first impression was correct.

 

These seem like oddly uncertain answers for a car that is supposedly coming out in another year.

 

Don't have to compete directly with the Volt...just get EV miles up to the average round-trip work commute of around 25 miles and Toyota would have a good selling point to justify the Plug-in's higher price (mileage in the low teens is kind of frivolous...). If they don't use the Prius v for extra battery space...I guess they could utilize the space where the spare tire would go to fit an extra battery back there.

 

they already do. that's why they seem a little uncertain about where to put it.