Originally Posted by Orcrone

I drive the Toyota Camry hybrid and have tried the pulse and glide technique. The Prius has a nifty energy consumption and flow screen. The Camry only has it if you purchase the NAV unit and I have the non-NAV version. This one only has a simplified one that shows a battery, engine and wheels. It has two arrows, one that points from the ICE to the wheels when the ICE is driving them. It has a bidirectional arrow that goes between the battery and wheels, showing the direction of energy transfer between the two.

I accelerate to just above 40 miles per hour, let my foot off the gas and the ICE shuts down. I then try to glide to about 30 miles per hour before doing the same.

1. If I'm doing the glide portion correctly how far on level roads should I be able to glide before having to accelerate again. I'm guessing that I'm going about 1/4 to 1/2 mile.<
2. I'm able to get it to glide fairly well below 35 miles per hour. However when I first let off the gas at 42 miles per hour the arrow will show regen. I then give it a little gas and the arrow will change direction showing EV mode. This will continue until about 35 miles per hour, no matter how finely I control the gas pedal. I can't seem to get the arrow between battery and wheels to disappear until I'm close to 35 miles per hour. Any suggestions.<