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GBA's 2017 PriusPrime (and trip report)

Started by GreatBigAbyss, Jan 29, 2026, 12:56 PM

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RRocket

I feel like even with dents, a Prius Prime that runs will ALWAYS be worth more than $3k.

With the way this turned out, you're playing with house money now!

GreatBigAbyss

A great example of the capabilities of this car in pure hybrid mode.  I did a bunch of running around this evening after work and expended all the EV range, so when I picked up my daughter from volleyball, I was on pure HV mode.  This is the result from the 6km trip home:

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I wasn't making any special effort to hypermile... Just keeping up with traffic on 50-60km/h surface streets with plenty of stoplights and stop signs.

The engineering that went into this car truly is a marvel.