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Can you actually use just the electric? I owned a 2016 Toyota Avalon hybrid that had the option to be electric only, but whenever I tried to engage that option,
by innocentoldguy 4y ago
Can you actually use just the electric? I owned a 2016 Toyota Avalon hybrid that had the option to be electric only, but whenever I tried to engage that option, it gave me an error that I was either going too fast or too slow. I could get it to work for very short stretches (maybe 50 feet), but it would always disengage almost as soon as I turned it on. This was the biggest reason I sold the car.
- kube-system 4y agoToyota hybrids are fairly parallel in their designed operation. However, you should have been able to get that Avalon up to ~47mph on electric alone with a (very) light foot, no grade, and a full battery. It doesn’t really matter though, Toyota hybrids are always using the electric motors to do part of the work even when the engine is on. EV mode is more of a psychological thing in hybrid cars, it isn’t more efficient. (If anything it’s less efficient) If you want to operate in EV in broad circumstances, you are looking for a plug-in hybrid.
- bombcar 4y agoI wonder if any of the plug-in hybrids have some form of "going home" mode where they try to arrive home with a nearly empty battery.
- kube-system 4y agoJust put it in EV mode when you leave the house, and once again when you're coming up your street on the way back.