Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
#1
Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
Does anyone have much experience with Pulse and Glide in the HiHy? My understanding of the technique (from reading Prius forums) is:
To pulse, accelerate slowly from 30 to 40, and try not to use the battery power.
To glide, let your foot off the gas at 40, and try to get the car in a "off" mode where no power is flowing anywhere (to or from the battery, or to and from the ICE (internal combustion engine))
Anyone had any luck with this? I haven't had any luck - although I found an entry on about.com where someone said that using this technique they got 47 mpg out of their HiHy.
Any experiences welcomed!
To pulse, accelerate slowly from 30 to 40, and try not to use the battery power.
To glide, let your foot off the gas at 40, and try to get the car in a "off" mode where no power is flowing anywhere (to or from the battery, or to and from the ICE (internal combustion engine))
Anyone had any luck with this? I haven't had any luck - although I found an entry on about.com where someone said that using this technique they got 47 mpg out of their HiHy.
Any experiences welcomed!
#2
Re: Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
Originally Posted by isewell
To pulse, accelerate slowly from 30 to 40, and try not to use the battery power.
Originally Posted by isewell
To glide, let your foot off the gas at 40, and try to get the car in a "off" mode where no power is flowing anywhere (to or from the battery, or to and from the ICE (internal combustion engine))
Originally Posted by isewell
Anyone had any luck with this? I haven't had any luck - although I found an entry on about.com where someone said that using this technique they got 47 mpg out of their HiHy.
Hope this helps
#3
Re: Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
I find the pulse part relatively easy to accomplish by watching the arrows, but the glide, in my opinion, is much harder to do on the Highlanded than the Prius. The Highlander has a very narrow band of accelerator position that will allow you to glide the way you should. What I find helpful is the KW meter to the left of the speedometer. When it indicates power flow that I would consider regenerative, the arrows may still indicate power being consumed. I've found a needle position that I consider no flow and tend to watch that rather than the arrows. When I drive the wifes Prius I find myself looking for the meter. I've read reviews that consider the meter useless, I would not agree.
#4
Re: Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
Originally Posted by SomervillePrius
It's not really accelerating slowly. You want to accelerate as fast as you can using the ICE (i.e. gas engine) only. This can be seen on the display in the prius (and on the limited hihy) with arrows going from 1) the ICE to the wheels, 2) sometime the generator to the wheels but 3) NO arrows from the battery to the generator.
Thanks
#5
Re: Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
Originally Posted by isewell
I have a limited hihy but no nav. I don't think I ever see arrows from the battery to the ICE. I just see arrows from either the ICE to the wheel, or the Battery to the wheel, or both, or no arrows at all. Am I missing information because I dont have NAV that wouldhelp me P&G?
Thanks
Thanks
The goal when accelerating is to use only the ICE as much as possible (i.e no battery) and also to avoid using the ICE to charge the battery as this is inefficient for fuel efficiancy (FE). it is also inefficient to have the ICE charge the generator and have the generator push the wheels (this can at least be done in the prius). When I accelerate I try to find a bad where I use the ICE only and all it's power goes to pushing the wheels forward not to the generator (or the battery). It's not a perfect science (esp. at low speeds) but you can find a pedal position that makes the ICE spin the wheels mostly.
I did find that this improved my FE overall. Hope it helps
#6
Re: Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
Originally Posted by afalnes
I find the pulse part relatively easy to accomplish by watching the arrows, but the glide, in my opinion, is much harder to do on the Highlanded than the Prius. The Highlander has a very narrow band of accelerator position that will allow you to glide the way you should. What I find helpful is the KW meter to the left of the speedometer. When it indicates power flow that I would consider regenerative, the arrows may still indicate power being consumed. I've found a needle position that I consider no flow and tend to watch that rather than the arrows. When I drive the wifes Prius I find myself looking for the meter. I've read reviews that consider the meter useless, I would not agree.
#7
Re: Pulse and Glide in Highlander Hybrid
Originally Posted by SomervillePrius
It could be that the Prius and HiHy display works differently I don't know.
It could be that the Prius and HiHy display works differently I don't know.
Originally Posted by isewell
I don't think I ever see arrows from the battery to the ICE.
I don't think I ever see arrows from the battery to the ICE.
Last edited by afalnes; 02-01-2006 at 12:47 PM.
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