For Efficient Use Of Your Vehicle - Toyota 2007 Prius Owner's Manual

For efficient use of your
vehicle
Drive your vehicle with a smooth accel-
eration and deceleration.
D
While driving, energy is
through the regenerative brake as the
vehicle decelerates. However, for more
efficient use, do not accelerate or de-
celerate your vehicle more than neces-
sary.
D
Avoid abrupt acceleration and decelera-
tion.
D
The remaining capacity of the hybrid
battery can be confirmed on the energy
monitor screen of the multi−information
display. See "Information" on page 166
for details. Gradual or non−abrupt ac-
celeration or deceleration will more ef-
fectively use the benefits of an electric
motor without having to use gasoline
engine power.
When parking, be sure to put the hy-
brid transaxle in "P". While driving, use
the hybrid transaxle in "D".
recovered
D
In "N", the gasoline engine operates
but electricity cannot be generated. The
battery will be discharged requiring un-
necessary engine power to recharge.
D
The hybrid system automatically re-
charges the hybrid battery when the
remaining battery power is reduced.
However, the charging is not available
if the hybrid transaxle is "N".
INFORMATION
The gasoline engine starts and stops
automatically. (It stops during a low
load driving, deceleration or when the
vehicle is stopped.)
If the "READY" light remains on, you
can start your vehicle using the elec-
tric motor even with the gasoline en-
gine stopped.
The gasoline engine may not stop au-
tomatically in the following condi-
tions:
D
During gasoline engine warm−up
D
During hybrid battery charging
D
During low or high hybrid battery
temperature
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