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Originally Posted by Schwa
I don't know if you get the EV button there, but if not, it may be worth installing since it's pretty easy. What it allows you to do is cancel the warmup routine when you press it before the engine first comes on after you press the power button. This is especially handy if you want to drive the car a significant distance before it starts warming up the catalytic converter, as well as keeping the engine off for speeds up to 55km/h during normal driving, as long as you have 3+ bars on the battery SOC.
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I do have an EV button - but this doesn't help - the traffic I drive in down the hill goes at 50kph (the speed limit) while the Prius will jump out of EV only mode and start the engine at 44kph (not 55kph) - once it starts the warmup routine the EV button stops working until it's done (44kph is from experience and it's listed in the manual) .
My complaint isn't that it does this, only that it does it at 44, 55 would be great by me since it's above the local speed limit