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Originally Posted by Scott h
The RAV Prime would be the model to pick up if you're going that way. They have 70 kms of electric only range and then they default back to 300 HP. hybrid system. Brother in law has a Toyota hybrid and has had zero issues with it outside of amazing mileage, summer and winter.
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Agreed, but the Primes are super hard to find on car lots and over a year on order. We have a 2018 Prius Prime. It's just about to roll over 100,000km and gas use is showing at 2.6l/100km. Electric range is advertised at between 45 and 50km. We find we can get a few more km than that travelling under 90km/hr and probably 10km less than advertised going highway speeds. The nice thing about the Primes over the previous generation Prius Plug-In model is the bigger battery and you can go up to 130 km/hr on electric before the gas engine kicks in if you need to go faster (previous model could only go up to 70km/hr)
My wife uses it to commute to work and back on electric only (36km). Primes only operate on electric up to -14C. Any colder than that and the gas engine overrides. With current electricity rates, it costs about $1 to charge from empty at home (used to be half that!)
I calculated the difference in cost from the regular Prius to Prius Prime (in terms of extra fuel cost at $1.30/litre) and the break even point came at around 100,000km, so now we're in bonus mode! If current fuel costs hold, the break even point will be lower.
No issues whatsoever starting in winter, and no repair costs to date. It's a great car. There's actually a small lift package you can get for them now
