2017 Toyota Prius Prime - Introducing Prius Prime, the hybrid that begins where sacrifice ends. A larger battery pack extends your EV range and helps create more possibilities. Achieve more with the hybrid you can charge. Prius Prime helps you maximize your efficiency without worrying about range by adding more battery capacity and more powerful electric motors. Prius Prime is projected to receive over 600 miles of total range. 7 All-electric driving helps maximize your mileage with an anticipated 120 MPGe and up to 22 miles of pure electric driving.
Like the Prius Plug-In it replaces, the Prime is more a hybrid with some all-electric capability than a true-blue EV. The EPA rates the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime at 133 mpge when operating in all-electric mode, and at 55/53 mpg city/highway when running as a hybrid. Total range for the Prius Prime clocks in at an impressive 640 miles, compared to 420 miles for the Volt.
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Coming Soon: The 2017 Toyota Prius Prime
The new Prius Prim is stylish, fun to drive, and totally efficient. The 2017 Prius Prime is a hybrid that makes no sacrifices. Electric driving will earn you up to 120 MPGe and the Prius Prime is rated for up to 22 miles of pure electric driving. Discover the new and exciting future with the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime, available at Millennium Toyota on Long Island in late 2016.
2017 Toyota Prius Prime
We are presenting the new 2017 Toyota Prius Prime. In the 2017 Toyota Prius Prime you will find a distance range-topping model with a plug-in hybrid powertrain from the world's leading hybrid vehicle leader, Toyota. Prius Prime is the total package, all wrapped up in great value:
- Ultra-efficient Prius with Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain
- Standard Pre-Collision and Pedestrian Collision System with Automatic Braking
- In hybrid mode, the Prius Prime is targeting a hybrid Le/100km equal to or better than the Prius liftback.
Prius Prime adds even more premium touches and exclusive tech features compared to the all-new Prius hybrid, including its available 11.6-inch, HD central multimedia screen with standard navigation and available full colour head-up display. Prime” also describes the vehicle's advanced standard safety technology, Toyota Safety Sense P. All 2017 Prius hybrid models come standard with eight supplemental restraint system airbags, including multi-stage driver and front passenger front airbags; driver and front passenger side airbags; full-length curtain airbags; a driver knee airbag, and a front passenger seat cushion airbag.
The new-generation Prius Prime is 60 mm longer, 15 mm wider and about 22 mm lower than its predecessor. The wind-cheating body and its high-strength/low weight structure are critical factors in the Prius Prime's astoundingly low energy consumption. Both the standard Prius hybrid and the Prius Prime are powered by Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain, which seamlessly combines the output of the gasoline engine and electric motor through a planetary-type continuously variable transmission. In Hybrid mode, the Prius Prime can run on the gasoline engine or electric motor alone or a combination of both. Sound and vision inside the Prius Prime likewise meet the standard of prime.” In the urban jungle, where hunting for a prime parking space is a sport, the Prius Prime wins.
The Prius Prime sits atop the Prius family. The larger battery provides enough energy for 22 miles of EV range and Toyota says the 2017 Prius Prime has a total range of over 600 miles. Available in hatchback form only, the Prius Prime seats four passengers and features active grille shutters for improve aerodynamics. Safety
The 2017 Prius Prime has yet to be tested by the NHTSA or IIHS. In our First Driver review of the Prius Prime , we noticed better ride quality compared to the standard Prius. While the Prius Prime's claimed 22-mile EV range is lower than the Chevrolet Volt' EPA-rated range of 53 miles, the Toyota is expected to have a lower sticker price.
Green driving a la mode
The Prius Prime will run in pure EV mode in more situations than before. You can't say that about the Prius or the Prius Prime any longer, whether or not you like it.
The Prime is 6.5 inches longer than the standard Prius, mainly to make room for the lithium-ion battery, now mounted lower and further back than in the outgoing Prius Plug-In. Cargo volume in the Prime suffers by 7 cubic feet compared to the standard Prius hatchback, and the load floor is a fair bit taller.
- Next month Toyota's 2017 Prius Prime plug-in hybrid will go on sale in dealers as the premier product within the Prius line.
- Based on the Prius Liftback with 1.8-liter engine and Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive” along with 8.8-kWh battery and limited-range all-electric drive capability, the car is the follow-up improvement to the 2012-2015 Prius Plug-in Hybrid.
- The highest full-range plug-in hybrid car is the Chevy Volt with 106 MPGe.
- What this means is for an EPA-rated 25 miles, the Prius Prime is the most efficient. Better Electric Range Than Promised
- Total gas-plus-electric range for the Prime is also higher than competitors, being rated at 640 miles.
- Toyota introduced the Prime saying it expected 22 miles EV range , but it turns out the EPA rating will be 25 miles - no doubt thanks to the high MPGe powertrain.
- In the world of plug-in hybrids where Ford Energis still get 19-20 miles EV range, and the Hyundai Sonata/ Kia Optima get 27 miles, every extra mile of range matters.
- Toyota will sell the Prime in all 50 states, instead of just limited states where plug-ins do best.
- The Prius Prime is a second-generation plug-in hybrid based on the fourth-generation Prius, and they have refined the formula quite a bit.
- Toyota has stated the Prime is the top-of-the-range Prius, but it has priced it as starting midway in the pricing of the non-plug-in hybrid versions.
- The regular hybrid Prius Liftback costs between $25,500 and $30,880 including destination fees. The next-up Prius Prime Premium is $29,665, and the Prius Prime Advanced is $33,965.
Fair Market Price
$29,667
