The new Prius Prime proves that the best EV might not be an EV.
, the right answer for a lot of people, including a lot of people looking at buying a new all-electric car. The increase in horsepower and range, along with much-improved handling and styling might put this car on the radar of a lot of people who never thought they would consider a Prius.The styling on the 5th generation Prius is one of the big changes from the previous models, but the numbers on the Prius Prime suggest significant innovation under the skin.
The onboard charger is only 3.5kW, a slight bump from the previous 3.3kW. Most electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid cars are 6.6kw or higher, but 3.5kW should be enough for a four-hour charge on 240v. The battery pack is nominally 266 volts, which is a decrease of about a hundred volts from the previous plug-in Prius. Most traction batteries are trending in the opposite direction.
Some people complained that the new Prius was not fully electric, but the approach Toyota is taking with the Prime makes sense in a resource-limited world. Auto companies like Ford and Stellantis are concluding that the battery resources don’t exist to transition the world to fully electric in the near future. Battery manufacturing is limited, as is production of battery resources like lithium and cobalt.
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