2024 Toyota Prius Plug In Hybrid | Is Toyota Correct?

[@MC-gj8fg]

The typical person who lives close to work and rarely drives long distance gets the best of both worlds with a plug in hybrid. You use no gas at all, sometimes several months on end, but if something crops up and you need to drive somewhere distant you don't need to worry about whether the battery will run out or where you'll need to to to charge and how long that'll take. The car seamlessly goes into hybrid mode during these uncommon long distance trips at over 50 mpg, which isn't too shabby. Speaking personally, as a bonus I can charge for free where I work. This car is at the top of my list, but availability and a lack of discounting has stayed my hand up to this point.

[@TheLeoFoss]

I live in Ottawa and have the 2024 Prius Prime (supersonic red) which i bought in February this year, after an 18-month wait. Currently I'm in Toronto visiting I found most of my driving in Ottawa is solely on electric. In fact, I believe the carbon tax rebate is exceeding my entire gasoline expenditure. Driving from Ottawa to Toronto on gasoline resulted in 4.8 l/100km even with the air conditioning on. I love this car. A few minor annoyances: the cruise control button on the steering wheel is small, and you need to take your eyes off the road to turn it on, or adjust it. The display behind the steering wheel is blocked partially by the steering wheel. But the semi-self-driving relieves a lot of the stress in driving long distances. The safety features are a bit annoying but I do appreciate them anyway, Overall this is a wonderful car.

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

We're far East of Ottawa. We waited 21 months for our 2024 Prime. Since mid-March we have driven 5,000Km and used less than 1.5 tanks of fuel. 80-90Km in EV Mode every day and as much as 62+mpg in hybrid mode. Gas here is $6.75 a gallon but hydro is only $ .1325. Just slip the steering wheel ahead and somewhat lower to reveal the gauge cluster. Or, raise the seat a little. It's a complete non issue for either of us at 5'7" & 5"11". Only issue is the daily fight over who drives.......... The safety system can be over-kill, but, the Cross Traffic Alert is so very helpful when driving or backing out of a parking slot when those monster pick-ups are planked on either side of you. I can now ease out of the slot without spinning my head like Linda Blair. And my Jo does not feel the need to shout "Watch it Tommy" when trying to squeeze out. Best $37,000 we ever spent. Best lady I've ever known too.

[@SkyRL25]

I had one In. Montreal, nice little car but it's 10000 over price tbh. Its small and not practical....

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

@@SkyRL25 We don't get to Montreal enough. To us, the Prime does not feel like a small car. We're coming from a Prius C, so the Prime seems large. Our previous Gen. 3 had way more room though, granted. Regards price; any car these days costs $30,000+. So, the extra money we paid is more than accounted for in the long run with our very low operating cost.

[@SkyRL25]

@@TomLawlor-iq6gm sure but an Oil change at your dealership cost 80$ when you run mostly on ev it's a steal .....I like mine but went back to full ev for the same price per month .... in Quebec charger aren't an issue

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

@@SkyRL25 Yes, you are correct. We'll be paying around $100 for Toyota to do an oil change (first one 12 months after purchase). And, as of now (with 5,000Km), the engine has run only enough to drink 1.5 tanks of gas. Other than to satisfy warranty provisions, it will be wasteful. We'd have opted for a BEV too, but, at over $20,000 more than our Prime it's hard to justify. What do you mean when you say chargers are a non-issue in Les Belle Province ?

[@NickAbbot.]

PHEVs are the away. The world is not ready for total EVs. I love my 2024 Prius Prime. It’s clean with range.

[@simplygregsterev]

If I were travelling long distances in cold weather I would consider it

[@christophermason7735]

I purchased one because of the crazy high motorway charging prices in the UK that can be up to 90p per kwh. I am hardly ever putting gas in the tank except when I do a long journey, and when it switches to gas its using 30% less fuel than a regular petrol car. I wentfo r the smaller more efficient wheels but upgraded to the premium white pearl paint. In the UK we have 240V and I charge it overnight on super cheap 8p per kwh electricity in 5.5 hours off a standard power outlet. Takes just under 4 hours on a 7KW charger at work. Last week I managed to travel 47 of my 53 mile commute on pure EV. Im hoping that in the summer when its not using the heating in 3C it will make the full journey on pure electric.

[@simplygregsterev]

@@christophermason7735 I spend a lot of time in the UK and agree the price of charging is ridiculous. Tesla Superchargers aren’t bad

[@appelfrieter5869]

It's Toyota, not Tayota or Thai yoda :-) Just teasing.. great vid! The blue is growing on me.

[@Komainu959]

Thank you for keeping an open mind, let me tell you it's so jarring when you want to try and do your part in being responsible in looking at a hybrid or PHEV and going to forums only to be shamed for even considering something other than a BEV. Like do people not understand that there is a whole class of people who just cannot swing a BEV? Like it's not really a choice if you rent home (good luck convincing your landlord to spend money to put in a level 2 charger) or even own something like an apartment / condo. I live in an apartment and there are zero chargers available. While my work place parking lot does have a few chargers they are for customers only. I am hopeful that in the future more charging infrastructure will be bult out but currently that is not in the cards and so a hybrid is the best that I can do. My current ride has 124K miles, a Prius hybrid would save me more than 2,000 gallons of gas. I think that's a great start.

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

Really sorry to hear about your lack of access to a power outlet. To our thinking the PHEV approach makes the most sense. We just got our third Prius, but first PHEV version.. We own our home so installing a GFI receptable was very simple. Only 115v for now, but plans to go to 220v to save even more money. As this is our Prius #3 we have zero reservations with the Tech. Honestly, we'd have gone full BEV except for the cost. Our Prime was over $20,000 less than an entry level electric here. We do not need a several hundred Km range on battery. The 80-90Km range we are getting with the new car is more than enough day to day. But, should either of us take it in our head to drive across the whole (900Km), of our island there's nothing to stop us. Consider suggesting to the landlord that you'd pay for a plug installation. You'd recoup that cost in short order. Our car now has 5,000Km on it. To date, we have used less than 1.5 tanks of gas. It's in EV Mode almost all the time.

[@ohger1]

Two reasons BEVs are bad for some owners, not having an at-home charger and for those who like to drive 8 hours straight packing lunch, water, and diapers. If I didn't have my own home, I wouldn't own a BEV at this point. Otherwise, I love my Tesla S!!

[@DanLetts97]

I agree. I went with a plug-in hybrid because I live in an apartment and charging can be a problem for us apartment dwellers. I’m able to trickle charge at work, so I drive it as an EV most of the time. But it’s great to have the engine for longer drives Either way I rarely use the engine

[@paulvansteenberghe4644]

In colder climates when your battery is lucky to give 2/3rds of its rated capacity and the fact that you should only be using roughly 3/4 of the capacity (10% - 85% charge) a plug-in hybrid makes a lot of sense.

[@herehere3935]

View from the front is futuristic car.

[@ElleyElley-et4ky]

Toyota Prius is a fantastic car with a made reputation and stereo typed. There's a reason why most 🚕 taxis in the states are Toyota Hybrid.. Id have this over any German overrated cr4p any day. 38 years on the tools, great cars

[@sleekitwan]

The Toyota hybrid drive system, not actually having a pulley-and-belt setup, is decent. I bought a gen 3 because I find petrol/gasoline cheaper to create heat than the sort of battery capacity and price presently being asked for. But, I am prepared and able to perform maintenance. My daughter, I have persuaded to buy electric, an actual BEV. That reduces repairs and ongoing costs to brakes, in practice, and if my Prius experience is a guide, you won’t buy many new brake parts, mainly it’s dismantling and cleaning and re-greasing etc. Pure BEV makes most sense for people not needing towing, not possessing off-road maintenance, and wanting to keep their spine and hips in decent shape ie not balancing on one buttock to do manual gearshifts, as we all do here in the UK. The electric motor with a fixed gear ratio, is the best option for absolute transmission reliability. Our mandatory tests here in the UK annually are termed an ‘MOT’. The number one failure of used vehicles I buy, or run, is handbrakes and brakes/suspension in general. The number one ‘worry’ about buying automatic transmission vehicles for me, the big cost liability, is the transmission itself. The best I ever had was a VW Passat 4-speed conventional unit, and it ran for about 190,000 miles before dying. However, I didn’t get it until 123,000 miles, and it hadn’t had transmission oil changes very often - maybe once. I nursed it back to life by doing a couple of good fluid changes. If your car is just transport, maybe with a bike rack of the sort that fits to the rear hatch etc, and maintenance is not easy for you, BEV is the really good way to go. Once you decide you want to tow something, you are in a tricky area. An expensive area! I bought my Prius 3 for the robust differential-like auto transmission (effectively nothing to go wrong if you change oil a lot, no friction plates etc), and because ICE units are great at making heat (80% efficient as a boiler!). Good luck, I think this Prius is a little short on headroom for our family and the boyfriends they have, but otherwise a lovely vehicle.

[@simplygregsterev]

@@sleekitwan Thanks for the comment. We will be in the UK soon for some EV fun!

[@amill1563]

The phone charger is the slot to the right of the gear selector.

[@benoitlessard9978]

I must agree with you that’s a good looking car.

[@phantom498]

I didn’t agree with anyone, until now. That blue color is so nice

[@bleaujos9927]

I live in Quebec, sometimes I drive 1000 km in a day. Not charging in winter and playing Mr Freeze while loosing time. I love my Prius Prime.

[@nouhoumkouma5335]

1000km a day what ?

[@bleaujos9927]

@@nouhoumkouma5335 sometimes yes.

[@charlesgauthier3343]

I don't understand... Why "Not charging in winter " for this PHEV ?? Charging PHEV, it's only at home, not on a trip. 😚 🤔

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

@@nouhoumkouma5335 Before I retired it not uncommon for me to drive the 900km+ one way trip across our big island. Do 30 minutes of electronic service and, hop back in the truck and head back for home. That's over 1,800km in one day. So, yes lots of people do drive long distances frequently. I actually got flagged several times by our Fleet Gas Card provider because I'd somehow purchased five full tanks of fuel in one day. They thought I was scamming them.

[@linolemuel]

........Toyota Is Absolutely Correct With The 2024 Toyota Prius Prime XSE Premium. The Hardest Part Though Is Deciding What Color To Buy :)).......

[@ackerrj]

Suggest you review a 24 Corolla Hybrid LE. Its basically last years prius, dressed up in more conventional clothes. Same hybrid system with 1.8 litre proven engine. No glass roof, conventional dash with complete instrument cluster (conventional gages) steering wheel does not block them. I get 57-62 mpg. Not everyone wants to worry about battery level and range issues, or wait for a charge, or worry about if you forgot to plug it in or not. Toyota is working on a solid state bat which is supposed to have 1k mile range, and charge in 30 min... but not here yet. So meantime, I have gone with this, and saved USD$8k in cost over the prius... and basically, its a stealth prius without the drawbacks of the weird dash.

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

Our 24 Prius Prime takes us up 90+Km on a charge. That's way more than the claimed range. We never worry about the state of charge as the gas engine is there. In four months we have driven 5,000Km (3125m), and burned less than 1.5 tanks of gas. In hybrid mode (the single time we used that), we saw 62+mpg hwy. We have never once waited for a charge because we don't have to, yet, for us, the Prime is a BEV. But for over $20,000 less. The steering wheel blocking the gauge cluster is a myth. If one has trouble seeing the speedo and such, just lower/raise the seat, or drop the wheel and or push the wheel in toward the dash. Everyone can find a perfect view

[@johnsutton6233]

@@TomLawlor-iq6gm I agree…….I’ve had my Prius prime for a month now…….no issues seeing my gauges!

[@ANOOPBAL]

Nice looking car? Which color is it?

[@MC-gj8fg]

How do you determine how often you bring a plug in hybrid in for an oil change? If I have 5000 miles on the car but only 500 of those miles are with the engine on, do you just bring it in once per year since I've heard you should replace oil that often whether you've driven enough miles to warrant a change or not?

[@skychaser59]

Change it at 6 months then.

[@danielkerner6909]

Ölwechsel ein mal im Jahr, aber mindestens alle 15`000 Km, dürfte genügen. Als Öl sollte angeblich ein hochflüssiges Spezialöl verwendet werden, das leider ziemlich teuer ist.

[@HazzaALshamsi-sg4jy]

can this car charge it self same like the camry hybrid or i should charge it all the time ?

[@danielkerner6909]

Im Hybrid Modus erzeugt der Prius während der Fahrt Strom, der in der Hybridbatterie zwischengespeichert wird und fortlaufend in den Vortrieb fliesst. Das heisst, gut drei Viertel der Energie des Benzins, wird vom Generator in Strom umgewandelt. Der restliche Viertel der Energie des Benzins, gelangt, wie bei einem normalen Benziner, direkt in den Vortrieb. Das Zusammenspiel zwischen den beiden Antriebsformen erfolgt im Hybrid Modus automatisch, ohne Zutun des Fahrers. Das Ergebnis dieses Systems ist, dass der Prius im Hybrid Modus zu einem grossen Teil (ca. 30 - bis über 80%) elektrisch fährt, was nichts mit dem am Ladegerät aufgeladenen Strom zu tun hat. Der Hybridantrieb funktioniert einwandfrei, auch wenn kein Strom am Ladegerät aufgeladen wurde oder wenn der am Ladegerät aufgeladene Strom aufgebraucht ist. Der am Ladegerät aufgeladene Strom wird fast zu 100% ausschliesslich im Modus Rein elektrisch verwendet. In der Regel wählt der Fahrer den Modus Rein elektrisch zum Beispiel in der Stadt oder auf kurzen Strecken bis ca. 70 Km.

[@DrRussPhd]

Toyota has a Stop Sale order on the Prius . A rear door switch will open when it gets wet.

[@hidetsu7249]

It's the present, nobody knows the future.

[@glennwilliams9902]

I don't think it is the future, as Toyota is only making like 8k a year, and the demand is a 2 year wait. Honda is rolling in with the new civic hybrid and making 5 times as many. So unfortunately it would be amazing if... it was actually available

[@savagelifeboxing22]

We use miles in the USA!

[@simplygregsterev]

@@savagelifeboxing22 I don’t live in USA

[@ohger1]

5 year Tesla owner here via 6 year Prius ownership.. you know what I don't miss? Carry around an internal combustion engine and all the grief that goes along with them. I will never again have to crawl under my car to change oil or service a transmission, or pay someone to do it. Plugs coils, timing belts? Don't exist to me. I don't even have to worry about goons stealing my catalytic converter.

[@simplygregsterev]

I agree

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

We just got our third Prius. This one a 24 Prime. After 16 years with the first two I can attest; Other than oil changes, we had zero grief. Our first service for the Prime is set for March 2025. One year after purchase

[@thembzman]

@@TomLawlor-iq6gm How long were you waiting for and what trim did you get?

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

@@thembzman Hello, We ordered a 2022 Prime, in 2022. They offered us $10,00 for our 12 year old |Prius C. 21 months later, a 2024 Prime landed. They dropped the trade value by $2,000 and we paid for two model year increases. Still, love this car. Not sure if it's true, but, the day we collected our Prime the sales person.told us the wait period had grown to 3 years. Oh, ours is an SE with 17" wheels. The best one.

[@planproduction3]

Realistically all you have to do on a Prius is change the oil. It doesn't have a timing belt

[@linolemuel]

There Are Two Cars That Are Coming From Toyota That Are More Futuristic Than This Prius Prime. So, If You Can Refuse To Buy A PRIUS PRIME, Absolutely Not On These 2 Coming Cars: 1. 2026 TOYOTA FT-3e Crossover & 2. 2026 TOYOTA FT-Se Electric Sports Car [Absolutely Perfectly Designed Futuristic Cars].

[@L6Jeremy]

Plug in hybrids are not the future no.

[@terrancecloverfield6791]

According to simple math, the larger EV range makes sense today. Live in California, where gas prices are $5.00/gal, electricity for chargers is $0.50/kWh. Charging at home is always cheaper, and filling up on gas for road travel is cheaper because the Prius is now 50mpg

[@Komainu959]

That's good because we are living in the present, not the future. I despise people who comment like you instead of remaining open minded and find this place of thought usually comes from privilege. Sure, a BEV might fit your needs. But here is the reality of it all. Someone who rents or owns a starter home in the form of an apartment/condo doesn't have the option to install a home charger...much less install solar panels to make charging affordable. Absent those things charging at commercial chargers can be more expensive than gas and if station is full good luck charging in even twice the time it should take. All these things are people who own their homes and can charge in their personal garage don't even consider. Well congrats to you, I'm glad you can afford a BEV and have the ability to charge it at home or lucky enough to have a work place that allows it. Many, many of us don't and we don't need to have people like you with your ignorant statements. Maybe in the future when there are far more reliable public charging solutions but again- that's the future and the present isn't that reality.

[@rxonmymind8362]

​@@terrancecloverfield6791 cough50pluscough....

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

@@terrancecloverfield6791 We pay $6.75 for Reg. gas here. But hydro is just .1325kwh. We have a 24 Prius Prime that is exceeding the advertised EV range (every day), and returns 62+mpg in hybrid mode. I drove 88Km on battery yesterday and could have gone over 90. And, no not going slow, more like 20% over posted limits in our little town.

[@terrancecloverfield6791]

@@TomLawlor-iq6gm odd question, but since the Prius XLE' is rated at 52mpg for it's 1.3kWh battery in HV Mode, is it fair to assume that the Prius Prime will achieve a higher mpg because it is able to stay in HV Mode longer, due to having a larger battery to contribute more to MG2? My uneducated guess as to why the XLE and XSE equivalent differ is because it has the same HV Mode, same 19in tires. I think the 50mpg quoted for the XSE operates under that extended HV Mode, so it's curious how you're getting 60mpg...outside of standard answers like 'EPA testing is different'.

[@asajelfs8170]

They still burn fuel.

[@ohger1]

And require the same stupid maintenance as any other gas burning car. The reason I went to a Tesla is to get away from the crudity and complexity of a machine that works by creating heat from an internal explosion and getting rotational torque as a side effect.

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

We have driven our 24 Prime 5,000Km (3,125M), on less than 1.5 tanks. For us, it's a BEV.

[@thembzman]

@@TomLawlor-iq6gm Exactly. Instead of trying to shove BEV down everyone's throat, why not look at the benefits of going from a pure ICE to HEVs and PHEVs? BEVs work for some people, but not everyone. The market has spoken. Demand for BEVs has waned. Manufacturers who went all in on BEVs are changing their approach. BEVs are not perfect. They have compromises like everything. Same with the PHEV. A PHEV would work better for me because I don't need to worry about range anxiety, where I am going to charge or installing level 2 charging, and the range is within my daily commute. Toyota's hybrid technology is proven and reliable.

[@TomLawlor-iq6gm]

Here's an update on fuel consumption: We've had the car for 8 months now and driven over 12,000km. The last of our (only ever), 3rd tank of gas was burned the other day. Yes, a PHEV does burn fuel. But precious little of it.

[@asajelfs8170]

@@TomLawlor-iq6gm most people that own plug in hybrids never plug them in.