Uber and camping. PiP vs gen3 ???

I only had a week of experience but this is what i discovered in my PiP :

Set off from home at full charge, hit highway at 90% charge level and switch to HV mode, noticed EV range starts increasing. During downhills, it increases at a faster rate and reached to full charge a few times.

Highway ICE charging depends on how much u hypermill, gradient of downslope or upslope affects charging and given correct scenerio, it will eventually charge 4.4kw Li-ion battery to full.


As for camping, i have not used to for camping to be honest. But while tinkering with the Japanese infotainment system while plugged in at my garage, i was enjoying the A/C while car is in ready mode. Was installing dash camera, various LED lights, trying to understand the Bluetooth system and hook it up to my phone and trying to configure the speedo cluster for around 1 hour or so and battery was still charging.

My cable supports up to 16a at 240v, during that time, i set it at 12a 240v. So i don't see a reason why u cannot blast the A/C while plugged in, while camping.

I believe when 4.4kw depletes, it will go into HV battery + ice to sustain the power for A/C



Hope this helps

 

Once it reaches a certain low SOC (state of charge, somewhere around 30%), it will switch to HV (hybrid) mode and will essentially function as a standard Prius, only charging a small portion of the battery from the ICE (something equivalent to the 1.3 kWh of the standard Prius). EV mode will only be available again from plugging it in or from substantial regen (e.g. braking down a long descent).

I don't think you can put in "Ready" mode while it's plugged in. In my experience you can only turn on Accessory mode, and it may switch off automatically after 5-10 minutes - I might be wrong though, as it's not something I've tried often.

If you switch to HV mode it will mostly maintain your SOC until you engage EV mode again. If you're in EV mode it will deplete the battery until the EV range goes to "0 miles", HV mode will engage and what I said above will happen (it'll work like a normal Prius, smaller portion of battery used).

This is usually unlikely to happen unless your destination is at a much lower altitude than where you started and you did a lot of regen. I've gained maybe a mile or so from long descents, but we don't have any real mountains in Ireland

It'll only charge at 230V 10A max, about 2.2 kW. As I said I don't believe you can keep it in "Ready" while charging, unless JDM/US models behave differently to mine.

 

welcome!

for your situation, i would recommend a regular prius. for camping, you will have storage under the rear deck, as well as a spare tire.

the plug in won't do any of the things you inquired about. the wall charge will give you about 10 miles of ev driving, and then it is the same as a regular prius, and you cannot do anything while it is plugged in except run the a/c for ten minutes.

the only caveat being that sometimes, people find a plug in cheaper than they can find a regular prius. in that case, if you don't mind losing the spare tire and storage area, go for it.

are you anywhere near tampa? todd at tampa hybrids is a member here, and a great resource.

and keep in mind, all gen 3 prius have a serious issue with clogged egr, oil burning and blown head gasket potential. do your research here before proceeding

 

Off topic,

How do u jump start someone else in a gen3 or PiP?

All videos on youtube only shows hot to Jump a prius. what i want is my prius to JUMP others.


Because Prius are so much more reliable than other makes.. haha

 

Are you already an Uber driver? I'm planning on doing the same thing with a gen4 - at least the camper part. Not sure about Uber yet.

 

unfortunately, the small battery and sensitive electronics make jumping others a risky proposition.

 

I think it would be safe to jump start another Prius or an EV, just nothing with a traditional 12V starter motor.

 

agreed, and don't cross pollenize the connexions