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Originally Posted by Tideland Prius
Keep in mind that it's an energy FLOW meter. In other words, if the battery is near full and it's cold outside, the engine still has to idle to warm itself (and the cat converter). If the battery is half charged or lower, it'll charge the battery at the same time and you'll see an arrow from the engine to the battery. If not, then the engine will just idle with no energy sent anywhere. It's in this state that you see what you've described.
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I don't know if the display is different in the Prius, but in the Camry you NEVER see an energy flow from the ICE to the battery - even when you know that's what's happening. When stopped and the engine is charging the battery, all you see is a static display with no energy flows and the FE meter pegged at max. (Speaking of the MFD, not the fancy-shmansy energy display from the NAV system - which you don't get in the Canadian TCH
(sorry, did I type that out loud?))