high mph then glide

[diamondlarry]

Originally Posted by 1993CivicVX

I find it interesting there is no talk about Hybrids on this website. I have to mention this tho from driving my mom's '07 prius: In the '04 and newer Priuses, pulse and glide is easy between 29 and and 41mph. By slightly depressing the gas pedal you can coast--effectively be in neutral while in drive. But it's nearly impossible to coast by using the gas pedal at speeds higher than 41mph. For some reason Toyota made it so you can't easily find neutral by slightly depressing the gas pedal--you'll either be regenerating the battery or be accelerating. Is it bad or somehow disadvantageous to put the car in neutral when coasting at speeds higher than 41mph? And then putting it back in drive BEFORE you need to brake? It seems to me this would be more efficient than leaving it in drive and either be slowing down by the automatic brake regeneration that the Prius does when coasting in drive or be slightly accelerating with the electric motor. Anyone know what I'm talking about? Anyone know if it's for some reason not more efficient to put it in neutral at speeds higher than 41mph?

I see that no one has addressed this so I'll take a stab at it. Actually, you can coast at any speed below 41.5 mph. The reason for the 41.5 limit is to protect the one of the electric motors from over-spinning. I'll see if I can find the link but there is a guy that goes by hobbit who is able to explain these things far better than I can. With that said, hobbit has had his car up to ~60 mph in neutral before with no ill effects. You can do this by cresting the top of a hill at 40 mph, enter the glide, then shift into neutral. I'll go look for that link now.

[diamondlarry]

Here is the link.
http://www.techno-fandom.org/~hobbit...rpstealth.html