Toyota likes the term Hybrid Reborn so much they put it all over this 2024 Toyota Prius Prime XSE Limited, but what does it mean? We dive deep into this car to figure out if it's really all that it's made out to be.
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The Toyota Prius won the 2023 AJAC Canadian Car of the Year award, so naturally we wanted to find out what our colleagues thought about this car to make it stand out amongst the rest. Nile booked this 2024 Toyota Prius Prime XSE Limited for a week to see how it was. He goes over the technical specifications including how the PHEV system works on this small car, along with how it compares to what we consider to be the best PHEV that was on the market.
Yes, Nile compares this to the Honda Clarity PHEV, a vehicle we featured several times on TestDrive, quickly becoming our favourite consumer PHEV, and one of our favourite cars of all time. With approximately 85km of electric driving range, and a 6.6 kW on-board charger, the Clarity was a recipe for success, until Honda Killed it. Now if you want a Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle your options are to go luxury, or go SUV. Toyota is essentially the only carmaker still making a car.
The 2024 Toyota Prius Prime has a smaller 13.1 kWh li-ion battery good for about 64 kms of electric driving, however due to the system requiring a maximum of 80% battery charge before the HOLD function works, our official 100 km Test Loop fuel economy results got us 48 kms of EV driving before switching to gas, with a 2.8L/100km overall efficiency.
Nile goes over all these results along with his thoughts on how this car drives, rides, and handles, along with the type of people that may be interested in buying a Prius Prime.