City Mode

[IanIanIanIan]

PiP City Mode.

My journeys up to today have been:

1. short with heating switched off and in City mode or

2. long so I have turned the heating on and just run in EV and HV.

Today it is cool so for the first time I drove in City mode with the heating on.

Firstly, I find I cannot set City mode until the ICE has been through its warming cycle.

Secondly, after a few miles the ICE comes on again to warm the cabin and to my surprise I am kicked out of City mode.

Thirdly, again to my surprise, City mode does not re-engage automaticly when the ICE stops so I have to push the button again and so on for the trip until the EV Battery is emptied.

What use is City mode if it unusable in Winter? It really needs to stay engaged whilst in EV whatever the ICE does or at least automaticly reselect.

[RobMagpie]

The only thing I have found City mode useful for is to stop the ICE starting when you accelerate briskly.

[kithmo]

These are the exact reasons I would/did not buy a PIP, as most of my journeys are "City mode" type journeys but the PIP fares no better than the normal Prius in winter.

If they had incorporated a pre-heat system into the charging phase and put a spare wheel in, I would have bought one.

[PeteB]

These are the exact reasons I would/did not buy a PIP, as most of my journeys are "City mode" type journeys but the PIP fares no better than the normal Prius in winter.

If they had incorporated a pre-heat system into the charging phase and put a spare wheel in, I would have bought one.

I'm with you on that especially the spare wheel - I still hate space savers, but they're starting to look not so bad after all if the alternative is gunge that only works some of the time.

Would have been nice to have some electric heaters too, although I know that would rapidly eat into the already short EV range.

[dickfineman]

The only thing I have found City mode useful for is to stop the ICE starting when you accelerate briskly.

[dickfineman]

I thought that was the one and only use for this button.