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Originally Posted by Bumzyman
I'm wondering if a "stealth" mode will be discovered like with the Prius where you can use EV for up to 40mph as long as you’re not wide open throttle and your battery isn’t to low.
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Absolutely! Sometimes driving at 40mph HSD will drop into EV mode, but often it will just happily continue to run off the engine. You have to get into the habit of letting off the go pedal completely for just 1/2 second to coax the system into EV mode, then lightly reapply pressure to the go pedal.
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Originally Posted by CeoStatus0
i was looking at this http://www.toyotaiguide.com/ and it said that if you don't drive your car for 2 weeks the main battery can discharge.. i'm curious to know if that has yet to happen to anyone. |
I've read some posts where this has happened to a few people with Prius cars. Apparently its due to the power required to keep the Smart Key radios operating, and that if the car is not going to be driven for some time the smart key entry system should be disabled.