How Far Can a 2023 Prius Prime Go On A Tank of Gas ⛽️
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2024
- After 40 days, I’m finally heading back to the gas station with the 2023 Toyota Prius prime to fill up on gas. In this video I talk about daily EV charging and the inaccuracies of how Toyota reports the power consumption in its app and why it’s so difficult to estimate how much you were truly consuming when charging at home on a daily basis.. I am also providing a link to my earlier videos from previous monthly gas station updates below.
Previous February Fuel Update:
2023 Toyota Prius Prime 1500 on EV and 8 gallons
• 2023 Toyota Prius Prim... .
First December fuel update and gas station visit:
2023 Toyota Prius Prime UPDATE 180 MPG Monthly Gas Visit
• 2023 Toyota Prius Prim...
#toyotapriusprime - Auta a dopravní prostředky
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Thats amazing. Don’t know why all these automakers are pushing EV’s when Hybrids are superior in almost every way
In australia, evs run for free due to excess solar from the roof, we can get a 7kw solar system for $2000.
I am also getting superb savings on my 2024 Prius Prime. I have driven 1,100 miles. Have used a calculated 2.6 gallons of gas (so still am on the original dealer's full tank). 80% of my battery charging comes from at home daytime charging when I produce excess rooftop PV energy (normally this electricity is given for free back to my electric utility). 10% of charging comes from overnight home charging when my home battery is depleted and I must buy from the grid. Another 10% battery charging comes from free EV charging at a local university. I estimate that I have spent approximately $20 for the consumed gas and paid home grid charging during 1,100 miles of driving. In Hawaii, regular gas is $4.10/gal and grid cost at home is $0.325/kW (!). I'm loving the driving economy.
You’re in the sweet spot and congratulations on the new car.
Wow, and I thought we were being "soaked" with our hydro rates here at home. We pay .13.25 per Kwh and, people are outraged at that cost as we produce most of our power via large hydro projects. However, we pay far more for gas than you. At the moment, regular fuel costs us nearly $7.50 a US gallon (that's converted from the liters Canadians purchase gas in).
Very glad we held out for the 21 months it took for our 24 Prime to arrive. We'll be burning very, very little fuel with this car.
Enjoy yours.
It's amazing what a PHEV with a usable BEV range can do. Outside of road trips I might fuel up my 2017 Volt two to three times a year tops mostly because of longer shopping days after work, especially in the winter (the Volt will idle the motor to heat the cabin to avoid chewing through the battery when it gets close to 0C). I can also charge at work so most of my commute is essentially free, I typically only have to charge at home on the weekends. No need for us to hoard four to five time the batteries we won't need in daily driving, just to be inconvenienced with having to find and wait for charging to complete on the rare road trip.
It’s amazing technology and hopefully will continue to improve. Many manufacturers are moving away from EV’s though.
I have been wondering about this. The car tells you how much charge it received, but that is not the same as the power delivered to the charger. There is always loss. The power company, of course, charges you for electricity taken at the AC outlet, not what the car actually got from the charger.
I did discover that the quality of my extension cord that the charger is plugged into makes a serious difference. I swapped cords and started using an older cord I had lying around, and my Prius was not charging overnight. It turned out that the end of the cord had a problem and where the charger plugged into it would get warm, too warm. It was a resistive connection, not a clean connection. The charger plug has a temperature sensor in it, and if it gets too warm, as a safety feature, the charger shuts off. I switched back to my newer cord and the problem went away.
This video speaks to it czcams.com/video/DExTwsiGtxg/video.htmlsi=JOkPQ4GjA_3YLCmm
Could you show us how to *schedule a charge?* (I.e. show us the display screen while you are scheduling a charge.)
For example: You're setting it up around 7pm... and you tell the car you want it to be 100% when you leave home tomorrow at 6am.
(Or whatever actual times in real life.)
And thanks for the informative videos!
Sure John, actually I think I talk about it briefly in one of my earlier videos and it’s easier to do through the Toyota app.
Actually I show how to schedule in this video: 2023 Toyota Prius Prime Tip Access and Setup Charging Settings
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@@MarkCeeee
Yes, thanks. I already watched that video. (And I just clicked the link and re-watched it again.) Where you go through the menus *all the way up to* where you *could have* set up the schedule...
*...but didn't actually schedule anything.*
(Because you dislike the way it works so much, apparently.)
I realize you think it should be completely obvious to everyone what it would look like if you actually did set it up, but it isn't that obvious.
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Similarly...
...in 2009 I made a point of watching the original "Avatar" movie. Because I could NOT for the life of me picture what it would be like to imagine people on other planets. Until I watched that movie. (Go figure.)
@@johnfromnewjerseyusa1369 It’s a little clunky to setup, especially the app and defaults to a 2PM to 10PM schedule which doesn’t make sense. I inadvertently turned it on and it started charging too late. I disabled it as I need about 9.5 hours to charge on my 110 outlet and need to start when I get home for it to be ready the next morning. Toyota could do a better job on it’d app, especially services for which they charge.
@@MarkCeeee
I've never done it myself (yet) because I don't own a Prius Prime (yet), but...
...I've watched as many videos as I could find where people borrowed their "press cars" from Toyota for a week so they could make videos evaluating the car, and at least a couple of them said:
You can tell the car the time you want to drive it (say 6am) and it will figure out when to begin charging so it's at *100% at 6am.*
With this method *you don't say when to start charging.*
You only say when you want the car to *finish* charging.
The idea is that *the car is smart enough not to overcharge!*
Perhaps the older generations of Priuses couldn't do this? And it's a new, additional method you weren't aware of? And so maybe the whole charging setup works completely differently then the older Priuses???
(And maybe that's why you find it confusing and nonsensical?)
Anyway, with this method: if you plug it in on Sunday afternoon at 3pm (and it's going to take 9.5 hours) then *it won't start charging until 8:30pm.*
(So that it's ready to drive at 6am.)
THAT'S how I'm expecting I'll charge my own Prius Prime once I get it.
This method must be something the CZcamsrs saw in the instruction manual, I'm guessing.
Are you charging off peak? Do you know how much you’re paying for each KWH?
Mostly though I begin usually when I get home at 4-5PM. Cost per KwH on Long Island is about .23 cents.
@@MarkCeeee ty.
the gas is gonna go stale in the tank with that much time between fillups! 🤣
Actually this is one of the concerns I have with hybrid cars. Perhaps if your route includes highway driving you could plan how much fuel you would need to fill from time to time.
If you do put a charge meter on your home outlet, please let us know where we can get one, ourselves:
Maybe Home Depot???
Or Amazon???
Actually I’m looking into a WiFi one on Amazon and can let you know if I buy, thinking about it
Check your library! That's where I've borrowed one.
@@davidevans4565
My library???!!! 😮
The place with all those books???!!!
That’s the last place I would have ever thought to look! 😄
Thanks!
Just spend an extra 10k on my car so I don't have to spend 10k in gas. Got it.
Well time too as I can use the HOV lane for a 28 mile commute and shave 20 minutes each way. And time saved going to gas stations. It’s not for everyone
After a 21 month wait (!), we finally got our 2024 Prime on March 26th. Worth the wait?. Yes.
First of all, we ordered a 2022 but the long wait meant we wound-up with a 24 model which is better in most ways than the fourth Gen model originally sought. So, yes, we paid a premium for the Prime version (close to six grand here), but, the combined government(s), rebates totaled five thousand dollars, effectively wiping out the extra cost for the larger battery.
Gas here runs near $7.50 a US gallon (and, we are a major oil producing region , go figure), so any measures to lessen visits to a pump are valuable. We currently pay .13.25 cents per Kwh to charge the car at home. That equates to something like $ 1.72 CAD ( under $1.26 USD), to fully charge the Prime from "empty" overnight and, that's using 115 volts. With a 220 volt charger the cost would be lower and faster.
With a full battery we are seeing an 80km range (50 miles) with only electric propulsion and, that's with normal spring time temperatures of around 5c (42 F). As summer kicks in that range will grow. This car is very good on fuel even when burning gas, but running it for 80km (in hybrid mode), would still cost far more than battery only.
We'd have gone full electric if it wasn't for the cost. An entry level EV here costs about $60,000. Add another $3,000 for a level 2 charger (plus installation), and it did not make sense. Our Prime was under 3/4's that price and is just as cheap to operate. This is our third Prius so we have zero anxiety about the technology and over an anticipated ten year life the car will bring huge savings.
To date, we've driven 1,224km (765m), and the gas tank is still over 3/4's full. And, no, the car isn't slow. My former work truck was a 22 Dodge Ram, 5.7 l. The Prime can match it for 0-60mph.
Tesla: infinite range between gas fillups.
If you have a charger along the way and can wait 30-40 minutes or have access to a tow truck.
Anything other than an Elonmobile for me.
Electric at this point isnt sustainable. Hybrids are the way to go. Happy Toyota is going in that direction.
Isn’t it great not to have to go to the gas station?
Seems like your goal is to use the least amount of gas. Why don’t you just buy an EV. Then you will never have to go to the gas stations. I know but what about long road trips?
I’ve done 4- 4k mile road trips in the past 3 years with an EV. It can be done..yes it will take longer with an EV, but it’s not that much difference in time. A 2k road trip takes about 2 longer in an EV. I’ve owned a 2008 Prius, 2 BMW I3’s and 3 Teslas. And 16 ICE cars over the last 35 years
EV’s rule for daily commuting.
Actually my goal was to use HOV and not be totally dependent on electric charging or gas, so this works for me.