Hybrid "starter" battery

[TheWonderful90s]

@davesmopar

Where in the world did you get 50 feet at 20 mph from??

From Nevada_545 about push starting a Prius. If it’s cold and you have to pull the choke out it may take more than a few feet. They could have made the Prius so it could be push started if they had wanted to is what I’m saying. The eCVT would require a higher speed though, kind of like push starting an older automatic.

[texases]

@TheWonderful90s

They could have made the Prius so it could be push started if they had wanted to is what I’m saying.

Not in any reasonable way, to address a problem so rare that a person who actually works on them hasn’t seen it. Ever.

[asemaster]

@TheWonderful90s

If it’s cold and you have to pull the choke out

What’s a choke?

@TheWonderful90s

They could have made the Prius so it could be push started if they had wanted to

Yeah and if a frog had wings it wouldn’t bump its ■■■■ hopping around.

[TheWonderful90s]

@texases

Not in any reasonable way, to address a problem so rare that a person who actually works on them hasn’t seen it. Ever.

How often do you work on vehicles that sat for over a year and the owners had them towed to you to get them going?

[texases]

Never, I’m talking about the actual pro’s experience.

[Nevada_545]

@TheWonderful90s

@davesmopar

Where in the world did you get 50 feet at 20 mph from??

From Nevada_545 about push starting a Prius.

Your idea was to use the motor/generator to recharge the high voltage battery, that won’t happen in 50 feet.

@TheWonderful90s

It would be nice if they let you put the car in drive and pushed it along to use the regenerative braking to charge the HV battery or get it started, but I doubt they allow that.

If there were a direct drive mechanism that allowed the engine to be push started, the owner’s manual would read “If the engine fails to start, call your Toyota dealer”. The vehicle should be towed to a professional for repair.

[jtsanders]

@asemaster

What’s a choke?

It’s the fuzzy thing in the center of an artichoke.

[asemaster]

@Nevada_545

that won’t happen in 50 feet.

Or 500 feet…

Funny how people who don’t do this for a living seem to know more or better than those of us who do.

[klazgeg]

@Bigfootmn

In a recent column a reader asked about a plug-in hybrid and the status of the gas. The discussion also mentioned the possibility that the 12v “starter” battery could drain over time. I don’t know about other cars but the Kia Niro has an “override” that can use the EV battery to start the car. That was the situation when we originally bought our Niro. There is a button on the dash that, if the 12v battery will not start the car, enables the starter to pull the necessary power to start the car. The battery then charges as normal. We have had no starting problems since that initial situation where the car had sat for several months before we bought it.

the 12v battery reset button is a huge lifesaver on the niro hev because it basically lets the car jump start itself using the high voltage hybrid pack if the accessory battery ever dips too low just a heads up for anyone with the phev or full electric versions though they actually don’t have that physical button since they use a traditional lead acid battery in the trunk instead of the integrated lithium unit found in the standard hybrid

for those owners with the plug-in you’ll want to make sure the “battery saver+” option is turned on in your dashboard settings menu so the car can automatically top off the 12v from the big battery while it’s parked otherwise if it goes totally flat you’ll still need regular jumper cables or a portable booster pack to get things moving again

[Bigfootmn]

That was my understanding that the high voltage battery provided a “jump start” to the 12v battery. Not having the PHEV, I haven’t researched how that might work if it is different from the hybrid.

[Purebred]

Why not an inertia starter? Crank handle could double as the lug nut wrench.

[Bigfootmn]

Not sure I want to try that on a -10° day.