The color of the first 6 bars of the battery charge status is blue and the the next 2 are green. Does anyone know if it is fully charged when it turns Green?
1-2 bars pink, 3-6 bars blue, 7-8 bars green. http://www.vassfamily.net/ToyotaPrius/ The Prius does not use the absolute full capacity of the batteries in order to prolong their life. Uses from 40% to 80%, where no bars is 40%, and all 8 bars green is 80%. The range of SOC for each bar is not linear, and there is hysteresis between bars. In other words, low to high of say bar 2 is not the same as from low to high of bar 6. I believe bar 6 has the greatest range of SOC (State of Charge). Also, the threshold of going to say bar 5 to 6 is higher than going back down from 6 to 5. I suppose this is so the bars don't jump too much. The guess (gas) gauge is similar.
Thanks Dan great info. I still havent seen the pinl 1 and 2 bars, but mainly the blue bars upto 6 and green 7 and 8
