Prius Prime Acceleration

Yeah, except identifying with bank robbers? If the bank robbers had a Charger and the police had a Prius, they could catch the robbers while they were filling up at a gas station... and then carted them back to the lockup. Can't do that in a Prime though, not enough back seats....

 

How is this to be understood ?
There is the pure EV-Mode and there is Hybrid-Mode .
So if the vehicle switches to EV-Mode in Hybrid-Mode,just as in the liftback,there is no dual motor available or do you mean when the ice is working together with the electric motor at the same time to accelerate there is no dual motor possible ?

 

Thanks for the explanation!

 

I don't think that's what it means.

I think it means that if you are in Hv mode and the ICE is not running and then demand enough power such that dual-motor mode would be needed to meet the demand, that extra power will be supplied by the ICE rather than by MG1, even if it means starting the ICE.

 

I just timed my 2004 0-to-60. 12.2 seconds.

Why so slow?

I was at 6,000 feet of altitude (where I work), where power is down about 15% on the ICE due to low barometric pressure.

I consider this car, which I've driven now for almost 13 years, to be plenty fast enough to safely to just about anything. The only time I have power trouble with it is when the battery fully drains going up a steep high mountain pass. Without the battery boost available, it can't really accelerate while climbing a 7% grade at 10,000 feet, fully loaded. The Prime shouldn't have that problem due to the more powerful engine and the far larger battery.

 

lol. Finally test drove this bad boy. We actually test drove it twice, me first, wife second. I had it on CHG mode since the battery was dead and I wanted the lady to try it on EV. It actually charged enough for her to go a full test drive without the engine kicking on.

The acceleration is nothing amazing. But for a prius plug in, it's pretty good. On EV alone, you really do feel that instead torque which helps you get that first bit of acceleration. Mine was on HV and it felt like a regular 4 cylinder car. I floored it and it definitely pick uped speed quick. Enough to get on the freeway quickly. I would say it's not enough to quickly pass a car. It would take a few extra seconds.

 

If you were on charge mode all this time (your test) no wonder acceleration was not amazing...

 

Ok good. So I'm assuming it affects the engine on charge mode.

 

Yes.

 

After six days in pure EV city driving, no problem including a couple of 'bad habits' learned from our BMW i3-REx. This from a previous Gen-1 and Gen-3 owner.

Bob Wilson

 

We tested the acceleration in my 2017 Prius Prime, also, in both EV mode and hybrid mode. Here's our video of the results:

It feels so fast in EV mode, yet the results show it's actually faster in hybrid. I guess it's just psychological, with the quiet EV mode giving one the impression that it's not working hard? Other ideas on why it feels so fast in EV?