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Originally Posted by redpoint5
I doubt it. My Gen III plug-in will shut the engine off below 44 MPH when the EV range is depleted as long as there is sufficient battery charge and not much power is needed. The engine comes on above those speeds regardless. With a full EV battery, the car will go up to 62 MPH with the engine off.
At 84 MPH, the power requirements great enough that running the engine is efficient.
I would be curious what the max speed on the Prime is to shut off the engine when the EV range is depleted.
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So yours turns the engine on at the same speed as the non-plug-in Gen 3 when it's out of EV range...interesting. That would make sense that the Prime does the same then.
I discovered in 2016 (when I took the Prius out West, where the mountains are!) that, if the traction battery on a non-plug-in gets above 78% charge or so, it will run electric-only past the middle bar on the display, just like the PiP. That was surprising, and I wonder if the Gen 4 will do the same.
