On many plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), there are times where the gas engine kicks in while you’re in EV mode – even on a full battery
My husband and I are looking at getting a Toyota RAV4 Prime plug-in hybrid. Is it possible to drive it on battery power alone, without the gas ever kicking in? We’d like to use it as a pure electric car for all of our normal city driving, and only use gas when we drive to Ottawa to see our parents. We’ve heard that some hybrids use gas when in EV mode. We’re also wondering whether the range is enough for our daily driving.
“It is possible to drive in pure EV mode when the battery is properly charged, and the gas engine will not kick in,” Romaric Lartilleux, Toyota Canada spokesman, said in an e-mail. “Actually, some Prius Prime and RAV4 Prime owners have put several thousand kilometres on them without using a single drop of fuel.”On the RAV4 Prime, your pure electric range will vary depending on the outside temperature, how fast you drive and how quickly you accelerate.
To find out for myself, I drove the RAV4 Prime for a few days. In over 100 km of driving, the gas engine kicked in once for about two seconds – when I misread a label and held down a button that lets you use the engine to recharge the battery. Some have an EV mode but you can’t drive purely on electric power for very long. Depending on the car, you may only get a few hundred metres.
On some PHEVs, the car may switch from EV to hybrid mode more often. That means you’re still using gas and emitting carbon dioxide, even if it’s just for a few seconds.
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