Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid 2023

Any idea of a rough price in Ireland? I've a Model 3 I will be looking to get rid of at the end of the year, PHEV suits me perfectly so this looks interesting.

Why are toyota going down the plug in route.

I see some survey found a lot of the plug in hybrids didnt get anywhere near their claimed range.

It's not they are not keeping up, but rather they think that full EV's are not a way to go mainstream (not yet anyway).

And they might be actually right. On the European market, still vast majority of people are not thinking about EV's neither they want one.

Toyota is manufacturing and selling what people want to buy - simple as that.

Looks great :) I don't get all the hate for plug-ins :/ See it a lot in reviews.

If I can keep within 69km EV range most days - whats the issue? You would still have the ability to drive further then if you really have to..

Been waiting for Prius Prime to come to Ireland since I heard it announced in USA many years ago...

What real world MPG would you get out of this thing I wonder -Say on a 250km journey?

Ok thanks for that- that’s what I was figuring. So with a PHEV, if doing very regular long mileage trips, you get reasonable MPG - if doing short trips you get great economy driving. I guess a lot of people living in rural areas would still favour an economical diesel over this car - after the economy it’s then down to maybe things like comfort, practicality, overall price of purchase, personal preference - I mean, it’s a car that would suit many for their “needs” but maybe not for their “wants”

This is a smashing looking car from the exterior. Massive improvement in desirability. Looks very sporty. Not crazy about the interior (think it is the look of the steering and digital display that is putting me off a little but am sure i could live with it).

Toyota are the masters at making Hybrids and the RAV4 PHEV in EV mode is very impressive from what I have read.

ta. I asked two big garages about this - around 2018 - and neither there had this info - said wasnt available in Ireland and didnt know when would get here :/

Nothing showed on any of the car sales sites back then either - so I just assumed it never made it yet and settled on a regular Prius.

Don't think the Solar roof is coming to Europe. Do have a contract in Toyota main dealer and price is expected at mid to late €40's. If you compare US /Canada prices for the Prime (PHEV) version vs RAV4 Prime then €47k looks a good call. Some stock was expected mid year, will check if there's any direct news on deliveries.

That's 45,900 + delivery + paint option. Closer to 47,700 or so.

The 'configure' tab isn't working at the moment, so it's just a guess.

And that would be for the base model (if there was more than one option)

Around €49K. Will be available to test drive from sometimes July. Civic ehev would be better choice at this price than Prius.

Crazy pricing - I know apples and oranges - but 49K makes it far more expensive than a tesla (3) - i wouldnt have expected that.

what kind of range has the 2023 Toyota Prius plug in hybrid got during the winter when keeping between the 20%-80% battery charge.

Still covers most of my journeys. In full hybrid what is consumption of petrol like. Can it be charged with a standard 3 pin plug?

These get hot and can melt domestic sockets. Best to get a proper Type 2 home charger installed professionally.

This is complete nonsense. They have heat sensing plugs and at only 2.3kW aren't much more than a 2kW fan heater.

Before I had my charger installed I charged my car with one of those. For months. Never a problem, never cut out, never tripped the MCB.

No, I wasn't lucky. Any issues with these that you can Google (and I've read a lot of them) come down to poor wiring, overloaded sockets or granny chargers plugged in to high usage circuits. Also you never find people telling stories about unproblematic use of GCs. It's only the ones where something's gone wrong and almost always because of poor prep.

Mine was plugged into an outside rated socket with MCB protection on the socket on a bedroom circuit protected by a 16A MCB with no or very low usage. I used the car supplied GC with a heat sensing plug (if you don't have this, get one).

I ran off that for months. No issues. At all. I'd have no problem recommending this to people who don't need a dedicated charger - like people with PHEVs with tiny batteries. Provided they do it properly.

So either your socket was badly wired and/or the charger didn't have heat sensing. Did you never check to see if it was heating up?

Wouldn't be the first time a RECI didn't properly wire a socket. Clearly that was the problem if the plug was only warm and had heat sensing. Slightly loose connection and it arced. Probably wouldn't show up under a light load, but sustained 2.3kW would hammer it.

Never assume with sockets, always check for loosening wires. I fitted my own outdoor socket and made sure every connection was locked tight. and then checked again.

There is no need to keep it between those percentages, the battery has its own buffer, 0 to 100% displayed is really 12.5% to 87.5%,

Should do 50 mpg on petrol only, 70 km on electric should be easy enough, one review I seen had 15kwh per 100km.

About 5.5 hours for a full charge on a granny charger, 3 hours for a 3.7 or 7 kwh charger, for which there is a grant of 300 euro, sooner or later there will be no grant.

I have a 3.7 kwh granny charger, works fine, over the years I have used granny chargers on extensions, depends on quality more than anything, cheap tends to melt, quality stands the test of time, if your going the granny charger route, support it, don't let it hang from the socket by the plug, leave it plugged in, only unplug for inspection.

Depends on what other loads are running on that cable. Should be fine if it's only light loads. Your electrician should be able to tell you for sure. Main thing is that it's properly protected at the consumer unit by the appropriate breaker and your earthing is good.

Since when does the Prius use a timing belt?

Well thats what they’ve always used. Unless they changed it for the new model but I doubt it.