24 RX350h Hybrid Battery Charge Level
06-12-24, 07:22 AM
#1
24 RX350h Hybrid Battery Charge Level
I've had the RX for a week now and noticed that the Hybrid Traction battery never fully charges from either long highway or city driving. Usually enabling EV mode button will respond with a message that battery level is too low for EV. Is this normal ?
Last edited by YYZRX350; 06-12-24 at 07:45 AM.
06-12-24, 07:52 AM
#3
They probably chose to not fully charge the traction battery for increased battery life. Fully charging or discharging the battery is very hard on it.
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06-13-24, 04:09 AM
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This is normal for RX350h.
06-14-24, 10:22 AM
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Lexus Test Driver
06-14-24, 11:50 AM
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A hybrid battery needs to be able to accept charge from regenerative braking or provide power for acceleration, so it will average out to be around 50% charge. You will probably only ever fully change it on long downhill runs.
Even the plug-in hybrid RX450h+ partially discharges its battery when fully charged in Hybrid Mode, so that it can accept charge from regenerative braking.
Even the plug-in hybrid RX450h+ partially discharges its battery when fully charged in Hybrid Mode, so that it can accept charge from regenerative braking.
Last edited by WellsB; 06-14-24 at 11:54 AM.
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