Brand new PiP club member

very pretty, congrats and welcome to the very special club!

 

I assume you saved the remaining EV miles for the return trip.

 

Smart move going with a lease on the PIP. Looks nice.

 

Congrats! Happy EV-ing!

 

Congrats! I'm new too and been lurking here for a week or so. I got my Prius on July 6th. I would post pictures but they look exactly like yours! Roughly 300 miles now and I average about 63 mpg, 20% EV

 

@Tpcorp - I got the exact same color then yours and mishk too, but I still posted mine

 

I'll take some pics this weekend when I tint my windows

 

Ooo. Would love to see how tinted would look on yours. Thinking about doing the same to mine too.

 

My commute is only two miles longer than yours, with similar length legs. You might try the following on one of your commutes.

You didn't mention if you have the option to recharge at work. If you do you would be able to get very high mileage by simply staying in EV mode each way. On the highway, going and returning, at speeds above 62-63 mph you would be running in "EV-boost mode" until your wall charge is used up but only a few miles would remain of highway driving before exiting so only a few ICE miles in ECO mode on the HSI until you exit and could likely run in ECO-EV mode to your work place if slow enough, or to your home on the return trip.

If you can't recharge at work you can still get excellent mileage by doing what you described for the trip to work, then return home by leaving work using your remaining EV miles (maybe 9-10?) but stay in that mode on the highway and drive in EV-boost mode as mentioned above until EV miles are used, then the ICE will take over and you'll finish the highway miles in ECO and try to keep local road speeds below around 42-43 mph in order to max out ECO-EV mileage.

Avoid the lead foot, try to feather the accelerator, be willing to slow a bit on inclines. See what this does for you and let us know!

 

Very nice and congrats! Welcome to the club!

 

If there is elevation difference, you may be able to make one way in full electric.

This way, you'll only be hit with one gas engine warmup instead of two.

 

My Prius with 25% tint all around

 

Looks Great!

 

Hey, looks just like mine.

 

That's pretty dark. Look really nice. Too bad I cannot do it legally in NJ... No front window tints are allowed here.

 

Not allowed in California either. But that doesn't seem to stop anyone. And especially in southern California, the cops don't seem to care either. More like something they would only cite you for if they were specifically looking for something to write you up for.