Just got my CT 200h a few weeks ago and have just over 2000 miles on it. Since taking delivery I have never seen the battery indicator in the instrument cluster register completely full. the final line at the top of the battery never lights up. Is this normal or are others commonly seeing the gauge at full power? I rented a Prius a few years ago and I frequently saw the battery at full power so that makes me wonder about this.

Thanks,

-LexusBP

 

From my experience with my own CT as well as others asking about it. I would have to say that is it completely normal for you not see the battery ever go to the full line as well as it will never go to the empty line. The car seems to maintain the batteries between the 10-90% range at all times.

(Dont quote me on any of this)

 

Thanks for the reply. I did some searching and it sounds like that is the case. The car doesnt want the battery to fully charge for longevity purposes. Which I guess begs the question of why the indicator has a full and empty setting or why those dont just correspond to 90% and 20%. At least now I'm not thinking that Apple programmed my battery indicator

 

hahaaa... very true

 

There are times when it will get all the way full. If you're coasting down a very long hill and are just coasting, it will reach full. There's a steep incline down the I-15 on the way to Vegas from LA that I occasionally drive. That's the only place I've seen where my battery reaches full.

 

Agree with MattRN, under very rare conditions does the battery indicator reads full, usually coasting down a long hill, I have many such hills on the interstate in Northern Jersey.

 

Hey Ed with Woodfield Lexus
When I went to hybrid training back in 06 on the RX Lexus said that the battery will never show fully charged. So completely normal. How you liking your Ct; I love mine

 

yes, it can get to "full" bars but it doesnt like to. In fact, it likes to be at two bars below full. If you have anything more than that, notice that the arrows will point away from the battery as much as possible to get rid of that extra juice. According to battery experts, battery health is maintained when the battery is neither full nor discharged