I bought a new 2016 Prius 2 in August 2016. When leaving the dealer and as per their claims, the car showed 800 projected miles for a full tank of gas. I only got 640 that first time. Every time after that when I fill up the projected full tank miles says 540. This is still great but if it is supposed to go 800 miles why is mine falling short? Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
600 miles should be your target. The tank is only 10 gallons and change. Anywhere in the high 500's is good unless you plan on running it down to fumes.
welcome! nothing in the toyota literature states that the prius should go 800 miles on a tank. your sales weasel lied to you. your distance is simply a matter of mpg times gallons used. it depends on many factors such as weather, topography, speed and driving style. all the best!
I believe the Gen 4 tank is 42 litres, or just a smidgeon over 11 US gals. Assuming you got close to 11 gals in, but, let's assume 10 gal, that's ~64 US MPG. The "Miles to Empty" (MTE) is not actually to empty, but rather miles to reserve. The reserve is guesstimated to be 1 US gal, so you will (at your current rate) have ~54 more miles before actual empty, and I'm not suggesting you run those extra 54 miles, just putting out there FYI. The MTE calculation takes into account what you are actually using in gas and adjusting accordingly, so that you get a realistic estimate. I'd guess the car has calculated that your lifetime average to be 54 US MPG, so far. As you get into more economical habits (if you care to), it will improve. Out of interest, who told you that? Your driving style?
Yeah, they all start out like that. Eyes all twinkling and fluttering, soft kisses every time you drive her, sweet caresses and all kinds of promises. And then you learn the truth. But the Prius is still a quality piece and I love mine.
According to the EPA, your average range in summer should be 588 miles, and winter should be a bit lower than that.
When it came from the factory, it reported the ideal. But it learns form your style what you actually achieve and tries to give you more honest estimates.
I think they say the tank is 10.9 gallons. If someone wants to push their Prius to the limit with a gallon of gas in the back seat. 600 miles is probably a best case scenario. I will keep you guys updated come sprint and summer as to what my gen 4 Prius gets on a tank. I had my retired dad try my Prius out. He got 54 MPG in the dead of winter driving on his first attempt.
800 miles is achievable. I did it three consecutive tanks last summer. There is a 800 mile club thread on this website.
First tank never gives anything comparable - my last 3 cars (FORD/KIA) were the same - totally ignore the first tank. Also - forget about how many miles/km you get out of a tank - it's an irrelevant figure. What you want to know is how many litres/100km or MPG you get - that's what translates into real $$$. Your 640 miles will be different from my 640 miles and is unable to be compared - depends on how full it is when full (shouldn't try to cram the last bit into the tank), how fast the pump/bowser fills and how close to empty you ACTUALLY got - it won't be empty when it is on "E". Oh - and never run out of petrol/gasoline - maybe the PRIUS is forgiving most of the time, but I had a bill of about $600 from when a car ran out. I fill round about ½ (or at worst ¼) full. You don't want to be the first person to run out on your PRIUS and have to replace some expensive part.
700 miles is not unheard of for a Gen3, so 800 miles is probably possible for the Gen4s. It would need to be summer and some pretty aggressive mileage techniques would be needed. When you get it, start a running post to keep track.
No. Each time I exceeded the "0" barrier. I stop filling at the first click so I don't see DTE higher than 740 or so at fillup.
I don't much care how far I go without refueling, just fill up when it's lowish. Precious little upside to the game, and some risks. Fuel efficiency I do care about.
I find DTE quite useless. It seems to assume you let the tank go dry & fill up completely each time. Nobody (except Bob Wilson) does that so DTE always reads low.
DTE is not a constant throughout your drive. In order to be accurate it must assess your power demands through the accelerator and the demands on the power from inclines and speed variables. It would be unwise to use the DTE figure as a true number of miles remaining in the tank, as it should be different when you're charging up a mountain from when you're coasting down the other side for example. However the pedants amongst us can use it as a kind of mean (like average) indicator.
