Wonder if you can help, I have a RAV4 prime 24, when I go into the VEhicle settings and into charging setting, i don't see the option to turn off charger port lock. Any clue ?
Charge mode would be best used ending a long road trip. Last 40 miles or so put in charge mode, can charge up to 80%. Now at your destination you can drive completely EV in the less efficient stop and go traffic.
What you have suggested is actually not efficient at all, because charging and discharging have losses. Toyotas are charging battery when braking regeneratively, when battery is too low to keep battery health, and when engine would otherwise run under too light load which is inefficient. The hybrid system does not at all find city driving inefficient - personally I have managed to make more than 75 mpg in very slow city traffic with my corolla hybrid
I don't understand why plug-in hybrids don't have a fully automated mode, like regular hybrids, which can decide when to use battery power and when to charge it. If I can't or don't want to charge it regularly, I'd prefer to turn on 'Auto' and forget about it.
Charge mode would be best used ending a long road trip. Last 40 miles or so put in charge mode, can charge up to 80%. Now at your destination you can drive completely EV in the less efficient stop and go traffic.
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Wonder if you can help, I have a RAV4 prime 24, when I go into the VEhicle settings and into charging setting, i don't see the option to turn off charger port lock. Any clue ?
So it charges the battery using the engine and gas? What's the benefit? I'm a little lost
It means you don't have to pluggy it
Charge mode would be best used ending a long road trip. Last 40 miles or so put in charge mode, can charge up to 80%. Now at your destination you can drive completely EV in the less efficient stop and go traffic.
What you have suggested is actually not efficient at all, because charging and discharging have losses. Toyotas are charging battery when braking regeneratively, when battery is too low to keep battery health, and when engine would otherwise run under too light load which is inefficient. The hybrid system does not at all find city driving inefficient - personally I have managed to make more than 75 mpg in very slow city traffic with my corolla hybrid
I don't understand why plug-in hybrids don't have a fully automated mode, like regular hybrids, which can decide when to use battery power and when to charge it. If I can't or don't want to charge it regularly, I'd prefer to turn on 'Auto' and forget about it.
Nice, but Way too much XSE.
Charge mode would be best used ending a long road trip. Last 40 miles or so put in charge mode, can charge up to 80%. Now at your destination you can drive completely EV in the less efficient stop and go traffic.