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How is the EV range so much larger than a standard Prius with only 7 times as much battery?

April 26, 2017battery larger prius range standard times

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How is the EV range so much larger than a standard Prius with only 7 times as much battery?

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The standard Prius has a 1.3kWh NiMH battery but only uses about 25% of it (or 300Wh). The EDrive lithium battery is 9kWh but up to 80% of it is used (or 7200Wh). Therefore the EDrive system actually has 24x more energy (7200/300) at its disposal.