Index
12-volt battery – 2, 19, 22, 24
Acceleration – 3-7, 16, 18-21, 23-26
Backing-up – 20
Brakes – 1, 23
Braking – 1, 5, 7-8, 16, 18-20, 22-23, 25-26
Charging – 2, 8, 12-13
Coasting – 9, 12, 16, 18-20
Consumption Monitor – 10, 14-16, 26
Cruising – 21
Cruising Range - 14, 16
"DISP" button (on steering wheel)– 9
Displacement – 23
Dimensions – 23
Drivetrain – 23
"E" box– 15
ECVT (Electronically-controlled
Continuously Variable Transmission) -
1, 4, 18-19, 23-26
Electric Motor/Generators - 19, 23-25
Electric Starter Motor/Generator – 10, 18, 25
Energy Monitor– 8-14
Engine – 1-3, 6, 8, 10-13, 17-20, 22-26
EPA Mileage Estimates – 5-7
Fuel Consumption - 23
Fuel Door – 2
Fuel Tank – 2, 23
Horsepower (HP) 3, 23, 25-26
HOV lane – 22
Hybrid battery – 2-4, 9-13, 15, 17-26
Hybrid battery status – 10, 13
Hybrid electronic control system – 19, 21
Hybrid technology – 17-20, 22, 24-26
INFO button – 10, 14
Inverter – 18-19, 25
Specifications, features, equipment, technical data, performance figures, options, and color and trim are based upon
information available at time of printing, are subject to change without notice, are for mainland USA vehicles and may
differ in Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and in other regions. Some vehicles may be shown with optional
equipment. Optional equipment listed may not be available separately or in all regions. Technical photos and illustrations
are from Lexus Technical Training and other photos are from CJE Automotive Marketing under contract with Lexus
Product Coordination.
H Y B R I D
O V E R V I E W
Lexus Hybrid Drive - 1, 3-4, 9, 17-21, 25
Long-term parking – 2
Maintenance – 7, 22
MG1 – 10, 18-20, 25
MG2 – 10, 18-20, 25
MPG (Miles Per Gallon) – 3, 7, 14-16, 23
Multi-information display – 9-16
Owner' s Manual – 21-22
Parking – 2, 22
Parking attendants – 2
Performance – 3-5, 19, 23, 25-27
Permanent Magnet Drive Motor - 4, 23, 25
Planetary gear set – 26
Power gauge – 1, 16
"PWR-Hybrid-SNOW" switch - 5, 8
Ravigneaux-type geartrain - 26
"READY" Light – 1-2
Refueling – 2, 16
Regenerative braking – 1, 19-20, 22, 25-26
Running out of fuel – 2
Safety standards – 22
Specifications – 23
Starting (start the vehicle) – 1, 18, 20
SULEV (Super Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle) -
3, 4, 23
Tax credit – 21
Torque Multiplication Device - 1, 4, 19, 25
Transmission – 1, 4-5, 8, 19, 23-25
"TRIP INFO" button – 14
Valvetrain – 23
VVT-i (dual) (Variable Valve Timing with
intelligence) – 18, 22-23
Warranty – 21, 24
Watt hours (Wh) – 15, 26
27
GS 450h
GS 450h