Prius plug-in not charging completely

the only way of knowing if the battery is providing as much power as it was is to have a route you can do in all ev until the battery is depleted anf the ice fires. all other things being equal (outside temp, dry, climate off, driving style, etc.) you should be able to drive that route to test the battery.

 

It's possible that the memory can be stimulated thru 90-100% use of EV. I always charge between 13-15 and very rarely 12. something. I have not figured out the key to maximum and consistent charging yet.

 

When I first got the PiP Aug 2nd I was just putting .... ah, errrrring around our small town everyday. I was consistenly getting 14.2 or 14.3 miles of EV after charging overnight. Now the thrill of a new toy has worn off so the car is used mainly for highway driving. This morning I checked and it was 12.3...the same as the last few mornings.

I know people have said the car "remembers" how you drive and the estimate of EV differs based on how the car projects you will drive using your older driving record....but now I'm wondering is something simple like "Average Speed" is what the computer bases it's future estimate upon since my average speed has gone up considerably.

 

Can you post a picture of the "unfilled battery" icon? I'm guessing it'd have to be a pretty noticeable unfilled portion. But I dont think I've ever seen anything like that after a full night's charge.

 

did you set the charge timer to stop charging before the PIP charger has finished charging?

 

I think I've seen this before and I think it may be related to charging finishing right before driving the car. If that's the case, maybe the float charge makes the car appear fully charged, but as soon as you power on the car, the float charge disappears and the battery appears a little less than full.

 

So, let me get this straight.......the charge timer starts charging based on the estimated time to fully charge the battery and end charging at your preferred stop time?

 

You can set either a start time or a preferred end time, although from reports here, the "end time" option seems to always assume that a complete charge is required, regardless of the actual current charge level.

 

so.......preferred end time is not actually preferred, but actual full charge level time (give or take)

 

are you aware that the charger electronics checks SOC 8 times during the full charging cycle?

 

battery icon looks full to me. maybe mine is low?

 

I often wondered why there is a END TIME on the timer.....I thought once charging started it always takes same time in total(approx 2.5-3hrs)

So are you guys saying you can start it at midnight, and end it at 6am and it would just charge slower?

Or do you need to ONLY SET either start time OR end time? and then you hold the button down on which one you want it to do?


I always thought this timer was quirky and not easily understood...lol

thanks
Dan

 

depends on how dead your battery is ( dead battery=2hours and 34 minutes at 120volts for me (shorter if you have EV miles left over before charging)

 

Chris, I think you may have hit on the answer.

 

When you use your trip odo to track EV , it gives you actual EV range (if you drive only in EV) for example, My terrain is flat, when I go 35mph, I get 10.9 on my trip odo, if I go 25 MPH or slower my trip odo tops out at 15.1 miles, but my EV at full charge remains at 12.3 miles, if I drive often enough at 25 or below then my EV will eventually display 15.1 miles

 

Agree, the car rewards one for driving conservatively...................and VICA VERSA.