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2010 Prius Hybrid Indicator System in Reg/Eco mode?

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Technical Discussion' started by hil39, Nov 16, 2009.

  1. hil39

    hil39 New Member

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    Does the Indicator give useful information when driving the 3-gen car in regular mode (as opposed to EV, ECO and PWR)?

    Or, should you be driving with the ECO mode button ON to really take advantage of the Indicator screen?
     
    #1 hil39, Nov 16, 2009
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    The screen display is the same in all the modes, and to a great extent you can achieve the same results in ECO and Regular (if your A/C is not in use) by just watching the meter closely and keeping the ECO graphic lit (different than ECO mode) and use your accelelerator lightly, working left of display center--pulse and glide. ECO mode just modulates everything to require more accelerator pressure to achieve the same performance as Regular mode (other than the above mentioned ECO mode reduction of A/C power). Others can give a far more detailed response.
     
    #2 jim256, Nov 16, 2009
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