What is the electricity cut off line? You mean blue arrows disappear and green arrow appears? or green arrow disappears and orange arrow appears?

hmm just now i was trying to tail gate a Audi A4 on MEX, but i found my car was harder to go up 180km/h anymore compare to last time ( 3 months ago). I am using toyota full sync now. I heard engine sound quite loud. Any1 experience on this? Can share you top speed experience?

I have been reading all your posts up to V3. All I can say is that it made me more interested in the Prius baby.
I finally got my red baby c yesterday evening.
Keep the discussion running guys. Learning a lot from all of you.

Bravo! With 99hp and torque of 110NM, I don't even think of tail gate a Altis. It will make my FC so bad, then defeat the purpose I spent close to RM100k and getting this small car. hehe

No, none of them. You notice the gap at the middle of the green bar? It is the battery power/electricity cut off line, once your pedal is above that gap, petrol engine kick in. Thus you feel it is much easier to pass through that line while you are at 70km/h compared to 10km/h.

If you always maintain your pedal below that gap, petrol will never kick in till battery low and auto kick in for recharge.

It is good to monitor the pedal level all the time for the better FC, but it is also a distraction to keep your sight from the road.

Safety first ya.

haha i personally think that, few months shud test a top speed once. I always aim for high FC oso.

Hahaha....look at the ECO score display la.......

I think when the EV light on, then you are on battery, if the EV light is not on, that means petrol engine is running.

Recently I found out if I accelerate faster when going up hill, it is more fuel saving, I think because of the electric motor assist so it actually save more fuel. my past few days FC can reach 30KM/L because I change my driving habit to accelerate faster during pickup.

30km/l is brilliant!

Yes, adequate acceleration shorten the time of petrol burning and burn less fuel after all. So good FC not necessary slow driving. However, I also realize the electric motor will not kick in after we reach certain speed, means the aggressive acceleration after that speed is not FC friendly.

I just wonder we should press hard acceleration till what speed before electric motor stop assisting?? Any clue, guys??

Really thanks all the tips. EV maximum speed is about 76-78km/h. Anything speed above Engine will kick in.

Probably to maximise FC, we can accelerate till 80km/h++ then glide at about 75km/h to run on EV. Of course depends on road and traffic condition.

Anyway, as someone suggest, to get best FC, best is monitor thru 5min consumption screen with the live FC. Myself achieve 27.6km/l during long distance trip with maintain speed at 90-100km/h.

hi all,

My dad just bought a PRIUS C and he is wondering what is the different between Normal, EV and ECO mode?

Also, where to buy the car mat that suit Prius C and good in quality?

Also, he told me that the prius C come with a light green tinted, is that tinted can prevent UV as well or just for nice looking?

Lastly, where to install aftermarket GPS & reverse camera that support Mandarin? If we install it other than Toyota, will it affect the warranty? Thanks

To know everything you ask then you must need to read through the V1 n V2 thread here. All the answer to your questions are there. Definitely the warranty will be void once you install something but very subjective to this matter.

Anyway u n your dad enjoy your green ride and welcome to the club

Finally tested your method on mex these 2 days and found out I can have 24km/l every trip

But how if at city road with lots of traffics and turning ?

Yes stuck in traffic jam the FC can be terrible, probably 15km/l and less. If city drive with lot of junction, then you don't even have much chance to charge the battery full.

Try imagine for conventional engine car, their FC could even worst as they keep idle and use more fuel when move when jam.

True on same road my previous SEG ( engine transplant) only can achieved 200km/RM50 now RM 50 can achieved 550-600km

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This post has been edited by alrasla: Feb 3 2013, 04:58 PM

Thanks!

First thing i went to check is this one

Yes, the battery replacement cost... haha

But we only will think about it after 8-10 years. By then we probably had change to another Hybrid or EV car.