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The more I drive my car in warm weather (finally we are again warming up in Minnesota), the more I think that a warm battery and warm EV system...
Naturally, I would be using the charging timer (and only charging right before I plan to go home). However, when it is warm and sunny, I know from...
The manual specifically states that it is not good to leave the PiP battery , charged and sitting in the hot sun. But what I am to do when I...
Maybe this is true for all car's headlights, but I've never of it before: If you want to flash your headlights at someone, you don't need to turn...
I agree. I have often heard that the incentive for 'green cars' just allow the rich to pay less for leading technology cars. In my mind, however,...
I must admit, John, I couldn't tell if you were being sarcastic or serious when you were complaining about not using up your full EV charge (in HV...
This is the best advice I've seen. (But I expect to 'just do it' sometime, plugging in without asking, too). :)
My guess would be that it depends how much of the HV mode EV charge remained when he recharged. With a warm engine, you can still drive further in...
Agreed! I haven't done the same thing yet, but I'm sure I will eventually. Just having to pack/unpack it once per day makes the EVSE installed in...
I've done that twice (shut the car off to force the ICE off). I did do a full warmup of the ICE less than 1/2 hour in both cases, so I don't think...
If you 'accidentally' start the ICE by other means (when you unintentionally accelerating too hard, for example) will this shut off the ICE warmup...
That would have made me mad! Thanks for telling me that. I will not do that!
I agree. I look forward to reading Drinovation's opinions. I once really wanted a Volt but my PiP is a much better match for me.
1) Driving the PiP around in pure EV is a lot of fun. 2) The car's ICE efficiency has been documented to be greatly improved over the Gen3 Prius...
I can't imagine that Toyota could have not thought about that possibility when they designed the software system. I'm sure this was an expected...
I wonder if anyone who got the Yokohama tires on their PiP complained and was able to get the Goodyear's (or a tire of their choice)... (Does...
Well, Dianne won't probably ever see my car serviced at her dealership (Carson Toyota) and she knew that from the beginning. Yet, she went out of...
I hope not because I do that every few days. If it was bad for the battery, I certainly think it would have been mentioned in the users manual.
It is really nice to be able to charge at work because it gives me the opportunity to go out for lunch on pure EV and still have time to get a...
I think that we just get more excited about new technology (and embrace it) because we better understand it (or, at least, this makes us more open...
