Charging across midnight

Is this done on the screen inside the car or do you have a level two charger that is programmable?

 

You can set a stop charge time on the gen 5? Could you have accidentally told the car to stop charging at 0600 on the same day, not the next day?

 

Maybe try to program a departure time for 6 AM, on the shedule instead of starting time.
On the Gen 4 prime this does not stumble on midnight . I programmed it for every day of the week in Departure time. If i don't need it I simply do not plug the car , if i need an immediate charge I simply plug it in, wait for the flashing green light , remove the connector and plug it right back, this overides the program for this event only, and start a immediate charge

 

The phone app is buggy. When Toyota asked me to renew - I laughed at them. Why should I pay for something that doesn't work. The app does work for checking the cars' status and tire inflation, but the rest of it was hit & miss.

You may be misinterpreting the app. Try setting schedule directly from the cars' MID. That's direct access to the car's computer. My 2021 Prime never had issues with charging schedules - Once I figured out that the dealer inputted the wrong date into my car's computer. That's something you should check also.

On the Gen 4, we don't have 'end time', we have departure time. The car will calculate how long it needs to charge to get to 100%, then start charging the car, so you'll be full by departure time.

 

Using the MID is the only way for a successful charge , here in Canada the phone app does not provide any charging at all for my Gen 4 Prime

 

Why do you need/want to set an end time?

No such animal on 2023 Prime

 

well, an end time would be the same thing with different nomenclature.

on the older plug ins, you either set a start time or an end time, but not both. otherwise, you were messing with the computers brain

 

You are correct - in the 2023 Primes there is no "only set end time" or "start when needed to finish by this end time"

You must set a start time, or use the stupidly insufficient "Eco midnight to 5am". If you set a start time, you may set an end time for the charging to stop regardless of state of charge.

The question remains how to obtain a full charge that will cross the midnight?

It seems @Will B tried start with 9pm no end time and the charging stopped at midnight , so perhaps this would restart the charge to continue till complete?

 

Multiple charge schedules won't work. The manual says the plug must be removed and reinserted between scheduled charges.

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There is no gen5 counterpart to the old Departure Time charging method. Reading between the lines, I suspect Toyota engineers believe battery technology and battery management improvements have reached the point where user micromanagement is no longer necessary. The only reasons for the scheduling function now are either to take advantage of off-peak electric rates or to make sure you don't blow a breaker by having too much draw on the same circuit(like trying to charge two vehicles at once).

Just my opinions.

 

You nailed that one!

Given that we let Toyota manage our prior gen non-prime batteries and the batteries long outlasted the warranty for most users, I am leaving battery management totally to Toyota in my 2023 Prime.

I charge from 2am and the car sits at 100% for a few hours till I open the barn doors for some more fun. Perhaps I am too much of a fan-boy after 14 great years driving a Prius, I am counting on Toyota to maximize the battery life.

 

Our cars have a large safety threshold on the top and bottom of the battery range. They apparently will never fully charge 100% nor will they deplete to 0%. No need at all to “only charge to 80% unless leaving on a road trip” like Tesla.

Well on the primes 0% charge remaining simply means it reverts back to regular hybrid mode. What that battery level is, is whatever the toyota engineers deemed was needed to keep the prime running at 220 hp in HV

It is a PHEV, fully charging everyday is what’s it is designed for and what I will be doing. Granted sure you can also drive it in HV solely but why? Haha.

 

Thanks , good to know .....but I wonder why

 

There are two places to ask questions -
1- Toyota Brand Engagement Center - 1-800-331-4331
2- https://support.toyota.com/s/questions-comments?language=en_US ("Send a Message" below)

 

IMHO; all you Gen 5 owners should scream loudly at Toyota to fix this issue. Thus could be easily handled by a software patch. Toyota will fix it, if there's enough complaints.