I am pretty new to Toyota Prius. Today I went to test drive a jap import 2nd Gen 1.5 Prius with 50k miles. What I found weird with the car was that, on the startup the petrol engine also started and it was on for the duration I was driving. I then turned on the EV mode and the petrol engine turned off but looking at the battery capacity on the screen, the battery drained pretty quickly possibly (2-3 minutes) and the petrol engine kicked in. Is this normal for 2nd gen prius cars ?
yes, they are not meant to be driven in ev mode. it's just to move the car around without the engine firing up and having to go through the warm up cycle. if you want ev, look for a pip.
be careful with imports, they can sometimes be difficult to service. is all the screen language in japanese?
