Anyone have one yet?

Congrats on the new Plug in more pictures when you can. I just ordered the blue here for my wife today.

 

I hope others will pop in and post. I have already delivered 17 of them so far... so poor LURK's getting all the questions, thank heavens she is smart as hell and can calculate all this easily.

 

Say, the base is 50 miles to a gallon without a plug.

You charge once a day using about 3.2 kWh of electricity. Prius PHV somehow magically stretched 19 more miles to a gallon.

It can be described with one word, Synergy.

 

I've been bugging Dianne all day today to pick up my car so I was pretty much there right after it got back from the leather installation. So I left Carson Toyota with 0 miles of EV

I made it back home (about a 45 mile drive?) but was only able to get my MPG up to 44 (started at like 18?). I think my car spent most of its early life idling its engine because my lifetime MPH average was only 18 (and about 40 miles of that 45 was all freeway too, although I wasnt go faster than 65). When I picked up my car it had 2 miles on it.

Its charging up right now so hopefully I can provide some data for people to chew on from my drive to work.

If I avoid the freeway, my commute to work is 13.5 miles (IIRC). Most of it is 40-50mph with a 2-3 mile stretch of 60mph (not a freeway, btw). I want to see how far I can go on EV. I'll be charging at work so I should have a full battery for the drive home.

Oops, forgot to use my Kill-A-Watt.. I'll have to remember to do that tomorrow night.. so no kWh reading for tomorrow morning

 

You are probably still sleeping right now on the west coat. Let us know after you get to work.

 

When you get a chance can you share with us pictures of your new leather? Also, did you take a pic of your interior before you added the leather? It would be interesting to see a side by side comparison of the interior with/without leather.

 

I didnt get pictures of the interior before the leather was installed. But I think it looks just like any other 2012 Prius with dark gray. I dont think there's anything different?

Here are a couple quick pictures I took with my cell phone this morning. The first one is the driver seat. The second one is of the rear driver side air vent for the battery (there was some concern here previously that the leather kits may not account for this new vent, but I'm happy to say its fine).

I'll have some more pictures later when I get a chance. But I will say that the leather installation was much better than I had imagined (and I imagined it would look pretty "original"). Thanks, Dianne!

 

Nice and clean install. Seems to match perfect with the rest of the interior. Thanks for the pics. Enjoy your new ride!

 

I know you've seen my screen pictures.. but for anyone else interested, I started a new thread here:

http://priuschat.com/forums/toyota-prius-plug-in/104294-first-day-my-prius-plug-in.html

I just didnt want the information to get buried in a long thread somewhere. Just wanted to make it easier for those looking for just data.

 

Actually it can be described in one word.. SLOW. (Note the average speed 28MPH.. At that speed one seriously exceed EPA!
But its actually one of the great things of an PHEV.. start with a charge use it for local driving and with a bigger battery buffer have enough for more slow sections in crawling traffic.

 

EPA UDDS City cycle has average speed is 21 MPH. That's how it is in the city rush hour traffic. Who are you to say it is slow?

19 more miles per charge is impressive, don't you think?

 

Should have mine either Tuesday or Wednesday!

Got two-tone leather being installed so it'll take a few days.

Thanks to Dianne Whitmire at Carson Toyota for another great buying experience! She's the best! :rockon:

 

Tracksyde,

What is the floor mat we see on the picture of the back seat? Where did you get it? Is it PHV specific?

Thanks,

 

I happen to be up so I'll take this one... Tracksyde's floor mats are the Husky ones.

 

First of all it was not 19 more miles per charge, its an increase of 19MPG..

I said it was because it was slow because lower speeds increase the actual EV range one can get. (At 30mph people get 50-70miles out of a Volt.)

Lets look at the numbers. Trip was 51.5 miles. Say they achieved 14.5miles pure EV (which is viable when going slow). That leaves 37miles on gas which is (at 50mpg) .74 gallons. Overall that would be 51.5/.74 = 69.59MPG

That not too bad, but it is also not magic.

 

Agreed. I average 55 mpg with my 2010 prius ( last 10,000 miles at least).

I think the PiP is most effective for those short 2-4 mile errands where the ICE insists on coming on and just barely warms up before you shut off the engine.

 

14.5 miles of pure EV would means 221 Wh/mile for average speed of 28 mph.

I like to see Volt gets 221 Wh/mile at average 28 mph around trip. A fully charged Volt should get 57 miles range (12.6kWh / 0.221Wh/mile).

As more data roll in, the synergistic effect should be come more obvious.

 

A question for new owners of the PiP, does the Fuel Filler Cap for the J1772 plug (the EV side), have a release from inside the car? Or can you push on the Cap from outside the vehicle for it to open?

Thanks!

 

You push on the cap from the outside of the vehicle to open.

 

I got mine today at Longo Toyota. They said I got the first one they sold. Basic in white.