The evolution of the Prius - 2023 Toyota Prius

Perhaps for the first time ever, someone might say, hey, about a Prius, that's a decent looking car. All right, everyone. My name is Scott. Welcome to Monroe Live. Thanks for joining us today. Today, we are going to spend some time talking about this vehicle behind me, which is a 2023 Toyota Prius Prime, and it is the XSE trim package. So for those who are aware of the Toyota trim levels, this puts it at about the middle of their offering. MSRP on this vehicle is about $37,000. And what's relevant or important about this vehicle and why we're looking at it is this is the first of their fifth generation, right?

也许有人会第一次说，嘿，关于普锐斯，这是一辆看起来不错的车。大家好，我叫斯科特。欢迎来到蒙罗现场。感谢你们今天的加入。今天，我们将花一些时间来谈谈我身后的这辆车，它是一辆2023年的丰田普锐斯Prime，并且是XSE豪华级套装。对于了解丰田的车型套装级别的人来说，它位于大致中间位置。这辆车的建议零售价约为37,000美元。我们之所以关注这辆车是因为它是他们第五代车型中的第一款，这是非常重要和相关的。

So they've had four generations up to this point. And a little bit, we're going to talk about some of the history of that. But this is essentially the latest offering in a storied family of this model that's been going on for over two decades at this point.

到目前为止，他们已经有了四个世代。稍后我们将谈谈其中的一些历史。但基本上，这是一个在过去二十多年间一直延续的这个型号家族的最新款。

So for me to do a quick walk around here, I think at a high level, one thing that's maybe neatest about this is perhaps for the first time ever, someone might say, hey, about a Prius, that's a decent looking car. And I don't mean that so much of a dig, right?

对我来说，简单地说，这里最出色的地方可能是第一次有人会说，嘿，普锐斯这辆车看起来还不错。我并不是说这不好，明白吗？

But if we walk around this styling wise, Prius is, which were the OG hybrid, right? Starting back in the mid to late 90s, have always sort of had maybe a little bit of a dopey look. And I think to some people, that was maybe even part of the character, right? It showed that people were like proud of what they had. It was a distinct look.

但是如果我们以造型的角度来看，普锐斯是原始的混合动力车，对吗？从上世纪90年代中期或晚期开始，它总是有点傻里傻气的样子。我认为对于一些人来说，这也许是其个性的一部分，对吧？它展示了人们对自己的车的自豪感。它有着独特的外观。

This Prius, compared to the previous generation, they've made it a little bit more, I think, aggressive from a styling perspective, right? So they've squatted it. I think they dropped the roof by about two inches. The vehicle got an inch longer, and it grew an inch in width. The H point or hip point, where the occupant actually sits, also dropped about an inch in the vehicle, too. So you're sitting a little bit lower to the ground.

与上一代相比，这辆普锐斯在外观上更加有些激进了，我觉得是对的，对吗？所以他们把车身放低了。我想他们把车顶降低了大约两英寸。车身的长度增加了一英寸，宽度也增加了一英寸。乘客实际坐下的位置，也在车内下降了大约一英寸。所以你坐在离地面稍微低了一些的位置上。

You still have that distinct sort of triangular Prius shape, that triangular arrow optimized shape. But it's a little more handsome, right? You've got some of these neat body lines. They do have the sort of hidden door handle that makes it look a little bit more like that coupe profile.

你们仍然延续了那种独特的三角形普锐斯的形状，那种经过优化的三角形箭头形状。但是它更加英俊一些，对吧？车身上有一些漂亮的线条。它们确实有一种隐藏的门把手，让它看起来有点像轿跑的轮廓。

But I've been stricken, I guess, by multiple people that we've talked to that have said, hey, what's that car? That's pretty good looking. And I think historically, that's not something a Prius owner would have always sought out.

但我被我们交谈过的多个人所感染，他们说，“嘿，那是什么车？看起来真漂亮。”我想在历史上，这并不是普锐斯车主总是追求的东西。

But yeah, you think about this in the context of a Prius, right? It was the first mass market hybrid vehicle. They launched this moniker back in the mid 90s. And it's cool to see how it's developed over the years and how it's changed.

是的，你是在以普锐斯为背景来思考这个问题，对吗？它是第一辆大规模销售的混合动力汽车。90年代中期，他们推出了这个品牌。看到它在这些年里如何发展和改变真是太酷了。

And with this most recent variant, I noted that this was the prime version. So what's important to note about that, or any Prius owner, you may know this. But when you see prime badges on the Prius, that's an indicator that it is a plug-in hybrid.

随着这个最新型号的出现，我注意到这是旗舰版。关于这一点需要注意的是，对于任何一位普锐斯车主来说，你可能已经知道。但当你在普锐斯上看到"prime"标志时，那就表示它是一款插电混动车。

So if I cop this here, you'll see you've got a charger, right? That's an AC wall charger. You can do level one or level two through that. So this, on the other side, we had a fuel door, but the important thing to note is, so this is a P heave or plug-in hybrid or PHEV. We'll talk about that in a moment.

所以，如果我购买这个东西，在你这里可以看到你有一个充电器，对吧？那是一个交流壁式充电器。你可以通过它进行一级或二级充电。另外，这边还有一个燃料门，但需要注意的重要一点是，这是一个插电混合动力车（PHEV）。我们马上就会讨论这个。

But the Prius, you can get as a regular hybrid or a PHEV. And so we'll talk about what that means. But this one is the plug-in hybrid variant. What's relevant with that is you get a bigger battery, right?

但普锐斯（Prius）可以作为普通混合动力车或PHEV（插电式混合动力车）购买。我们将谈谈这意味着什么。而这辆车是插电混合动力车型。这将涉及的相关内容是你将得到一块更大的电池，对吗？

So this one has a 13.6 or 13.8. I'll check that kilowatt hour lithium ion battery. It is packaged in the rear of the vehicle kind of low. That battery is bigger in a plug-in hybrid. And we'll talk about that and why.

这辆车配备了一个13.6或13.8千瓦时的锂离子电池。这个电池被安装在车辆的后部位置，且相对较低。在插电混动车型中，这种电池会更大一些。我们将讨论为什么会这样。

But essentially with that, it takes up a little bit of the rear cargo space. We can open this up here and even look under the hatch. But essentially, to have a battery that's capable and useful for plugging in and storing some so that you can get a decent electric range, you've got a battery that goes under here and eats up some of what this would be space back here.

但基本上这样做会占用一小部分后货舱空间。我们可以在这里打开，甚至可以看到舱门下方。但基本上，为了拥有一个能够插入和存储一些电能以获得可观电动行驶里程的电池，你需要一个放在这里并且占用了一部分原本后面的空间的电池。

So you can see underneath, this is where they've got their charger. They've got a little organizer. But there's not a ton. This load floor is decently high, and there's not a ton of free space. And that's because they've got that battery package back there.

因此，你可以看到，在下面这里，这就是他们放充电器的地方。他们有一个小的整理盒。但是并不是很多空间。这个装载地板相对来说很高，也没有太多的空闲空间。这是因为他们在那里安装了电池组。

If they were to get the hybrid variant, you would have a smaller battery and more room, which they even use to offer a non-low-drive variant. But not so on the P heave. This one has an all-electric range.

如果他们选择混合动力版，那么他们将会有一个更小的电池和更宽敞的空间，甚至可以提供一款非低驱动型号。但对于 P 升级版来说则不是这样。它拥有完全电动行驶的里程能力。

I think the best you can get on a Prius Prime is about 44 all-electric miles. This one, as equipped, is capable of 39 all-electric miles, which is significant when you talk about plug-in hybrid vehicles.

我认为Prius Prime能够实现的最佳纯电里程大约为44英里。而这辆安装了特殊设备的车辆的纯电里程达到了39英里，就插电混合动力车而言，这是相当可观的。

That range, if you were commuting 20 miles each way, that actually is pretty decent, and a pretty big jump over the previous generation of the Prius, where the Prius Prime, you could get 25 all-electric miles. Now, that only had an 8.8 kilowatt-hour battery.

如果你每天往返通勤20英里，这个续航里程实际上相当不错，并且比之前一代普锐斯车型的普锐斯Prime有了很大的进步，因为之前的普锐斯Prime只能行驶25英里的全电动里程，而其电池容量只有8.8千瓦时。

So smaller battery, smaller range, makes some sense there. But this one, in terms of being a legitimate contender for range and being able to go on all-electric mode, I think it is more of a value play there. There is the potential that you could truly use this in all EV mode and get away with your full commute.

所以，更小的电池会导致较小的续航里程，这一点很明显。但是就可行性和能够全电动模式下行驶的能力而言，我认为这款车更多还是价值方面的选择。有可能你真正可以在全程电动模式下使用它，并顺利完成你的通勤路程。

Couple distinguishing features on the outside, I would say, again, any fan of a Prius has always kind of seen this sort of triangular hatch with the black sort of extending down from carrying from the rear window. Visibility out this rear window, as you can tell, with the rake angle and the size, is you're kind of looking through a mail slot. So not a ton of visibility there. But to combat that, they do have an available rear camera system. I'm not actually sure. I don't think this variant actually has it, but it is something they offer, or you can get a camera that's on the rear.

我会说，外部的一些独特特点，再次来说，任何一位Prius的粉丝都会一直看到这种带有黑色延伸下来的三角形后掀门。通过这个后窗可以看出，由于倾斜角度和大小，你在看东西的时候就像在通过一个邮槽。所以在这方面的可见性并不是很好。但为了解决这个问题，他们提供了一个可用的后摄像系统。我不确定，我觉得这个车型实际上没有配备，但他们确实提供了这个选项，或者你可以购买一个后摄像头。

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Interesting to see on the roof here, so they kept or they went for this sort of sleek roof line. It sort of looks like a floating roof, right? And something we see with like the Teslas, where it's the glass that continues from front to rear. Obviously, they're going from glass to glass to not glass to glass, but because of the color schemes, it makes it look pretty streamlined. Interesting note up here that the, so this is typically an industry called a shark fin, that's integrated into a panel here. Normally, those are separate standalone units, but it looks like they actually incorporated that into what looks like an injection molded plastic panel. Kind of non-traditional execution there. Other couple of things on the outside.

在屋顶上看到这样的设计很有意思，所以他们选择了或者说他们采用了这种流线型的屋顶。它看起来有点像漂浮的屋顶，对吧？我们在特斯拉车上也会看到类似的设计，就是从前到后一直延伸的玻璃。当然，这里不是从玻璃到玻璃，但是因为颜色搭配的关系，使得它看起来非常流线型。有趣的是，在这里还有一个通常称为鲨鱼鳍的部件，它被整合到了一个面板中。通常情况下，鲨鱼鳍是单独的独立单元，但看起来他们将其融入了看起来像注塑成型的塑料面板中。非常非传统的执行方式。外部还有几个其他的细节。

It is neat, this rear door has an electronic latch to open it, so if you reach back here, there's a little button when I pull on that. I don't know if you can hear the mechanism, but it pops and sort of presents so that I can pull it open. But it was, I thought, kind of interesting that they also have what looks like a fail safe mechanical latch that can open it there as well. So that one, like when you hit this, you hear an electrical mechanism pop. This one, you're actually moving the cables. So it's like, I guess a fail safe, if the vehicle is dead, you could get into it. Not atypical to have those on vehicles, but oftentimes they're buried sort of further out of view. So interesting that they've got it on the, on the A surface here, you don't usually see that.

这个后门非常整洁，它有一个电子锁来打开它，所以当你在这里拿到后门时，有一个小按钮，我拉动它。我不知道你是否能听到机械装置，但是它会弹出并显示出来，这样我就可以拉开它。但有趣的是，他们还有一个看起来像备用机械锁的装置，可以打开它。所以当你按下它时，你会听到一个电机装置弹出的声音。而这个，你实际上是在移动电缆。所以，我猜这是一个备用方案，如果汽车出了故障，你仍然可以进入车内。在车辆上安装这样的装置并不罕见，但通常它们被隐藏得比较深，不容易被看到。所以有趣的是，他们把它放在了这个A面上，通常是不常见的。

Other sort of high level things about this vehicle as we're getting in. I think Toyota was upfront about their desire to try and appeal to a younger audience, but this, so in addition to the looks, I think another thing that they've tackled here is they've made it a more, I would say, fun vehicle to drive, right? The performance objectively speaking is in significant excess of what the previous generation and the previous prime had. This vehicle could put out 220 horsepower from its hybrid synergy drive system, right? That's a combination of both an internal combustion engine and an electric drivetrain. With that 220 horsepower, that puts them almost 100 horsepower above what they used to be at.

在我们进入这辆车的其他高级事项中，我认为丰田坦率地表达了他们想吸引年轻受众的愿望，而这款车除了外观之外，我认为他们在这里解决的另一个问题是使它成为一款更有趣的驾驶车辆，对吗？从客观角度来看，性能远超以往的上一代和上一代的普锐斯车型。这款车可以从它的混合动力系统中输出220马力，对吗？这是一个内燃机和电动传动系统的结合。有了这220马力，他们的马力几乎比以前高出100马力。

So, of course, no vehicle look is complete without looking under the hood. We'll pop this and take just a quick gander here. Manual prop rod, classic, cost efficient, I dig it. And really, you're gonna see, there's a lot of things on this vehicle that are cost conscious measures, right? And that's what you'd expect. I think traditionally the buyers of Prius have always been very aware of value and what they're getting for the money. So not a lot of frills, right? Hyper-efficient, they don't wanna add costs or weight where they don't have to.

当然，没有看看引擎盖下面的车子是不完整的。我们会将其打开，稍作查看。手动支撑杆，经典，节约成本，我喜欢。而且你会看到，这辆车上有很多注重成本的措施，对吧？这是可以预料的。我认为传统上购买Prius的消费者一直非常注重性价比和购买物所花费的价值。所以没有太多花哨的东西，对吧？超高效，他们不想在不必要的地方增加成本或重量。

Taking a look under the bonnet here, if you will. So they've got, this is a two cylinder engine made to an electronically continuously variable transmission or an ECVT. This setup is something that they've used in their hybrid electric vehicles for years, but this compared to the previous generation of Prius specifically, they had a 1.8 liter engine made it to their ECVT. So with this, they've upped for the Prius Prime, the output of the engine a little bit. It's an engine they've used in other vehicles, but specifically what's kind of unique and important about this is, the Prius has always been about efficiency. That was their goals for the vehicle, that was how it was developed. So it has a hyper-efficient internal combustion engine. I think they claim 40 or 41% thermal efficiency, which for anyone who keeps score of internal combustion engines and their losses, that is actually a super impressive number. And then in addition to that, they've got the electrified portion of their drivetrain, which actually consists of two separate electric motors that live within, I guess, for lack of a better term, what you could call the transmission. And the way that they tie those all together for their various drive modes is how they're ultimately able to make this vehicle extremely efficient. I think this one, the combined fuel economy is 48 miles per gallon. So pretty impressive, right? So it's always been a big hit with people who are, either really looking to try and reduce their carbon footprint or taxis, fleet drivers, people, ride sharing, Uber's, someone who just wants to be able to drive the vehicle for really cheap, for as far as possible. So they continue that legacy here, but they've given it a hundred more horsepower, they've made it look better. They've sort of dropped down the roof line to give it that little bit more aggressive profile. And frankly, it's, I think, almost, I would argue that in almost all ways, it's an objectively a better vehicle than the outgoing one on a lot of different fronts. So pretty impressed at first look, definitely want to get in and drive it around here. So we'll do that shortly, but yeah, it's previous prime. Let's take a further look.

在这里我们来看一下引擎盖下面的情况。他们安装了一台两缸发动机，配备了电子无级变速器（ECVT）。这种设置是他们多年来在混合动力电动汽车中使用的，但与此前一代普锐斯相比，当时的车型配备了1.8升发动机。所以对于普锐斯Prime，他们稍微提高了发动机的功率。这是他们在其他车型中使用过的一款发动机，但其中独特和重要的部分是，普锐斯一直以来都以高效为目标。这是他们研发该车时的目标。所以它具有超高效的内燃机。我想他们声称它的热效率达到了40%或41%，对于那些关注内燃机和能量损失的人来说，这个数字实际上是非常令人印象深刻的。除此之外，他们还有一个电动部分的传动系统，实际上由两个独立的电动机组成，它们位于某种程度上可以称为传动系统的位置上。他们将所有这些部件通过各种行驶模式紧密连接起来，这最终使得该车非常高效。我想这款车的综合油耗是48英里/加仑。相当令人印象深刻，对吧？因此，这款车在那些真正想减少自己碳足迹的人、出租车、车队司机、顺风车以及那些希望以尽可能低廉的价格和尽可能远的路程行驶的人中一直备受欢迎。它延续了这一传统，但他们为它增加了100马力，使其看起来更好。他们将车顶线降低，使其具有更具攻击性的外观。坦率地说，在很多方面，我认为该车几乎在所有方面都是一个更好的车型。所以在第一眼看到的时候，我对它印象深刻，肯定想驾驶它一下。我们很快就会这样做，但是对于之前的普锐斯Prime，我们还需要更深入地了解一下。

So yeah, this is a quick ride. Here it goes. just gonna be electric propulsion, pulling from the battery, and then you have even the option for just ice only, and to let it like optimize, right, and pick the best for the most efficient, given what speed you're going. And, you know, it's interesting. It's neat. I think the third generation Prius was where they first gave you the ability to select those drive modes, but with this, you know, kind of raises the question of, right, what makes a vehicle a hybrid versus a plug-in hybrid versus a mile the hybrid? And it's actually, there's some, there's some pretty clear kind of decision path indicators there.

是的，这是一段简短的旅程。就是电动推进，从电池中获取能量，你甚至可以选择只使用燃油引擎，让它进行优化，选择最高效的模式，根据你的速度。很有趣，很棒。我认为第三代普锐斯是他们首次为你提供选择驾驶模式的能力，但是这也引发了一个问题，什么使得一辆车成为混动车辆，相比之下是插电混动车辆或者公里混动车辆呢？实际上，在这方面有一些相当明确的决策指标。

You've got mild hybrid vehicles can be something as small as just a vehicle having stop start, right? Meaning like it's shutting the engine off, and then an electric motor, a starter is starting it up to help get some efficiency. In a mild hybrid though, the critical distinguishing element is you don't have a high voltage battery anywhere, and you don't have the ability to go on an EV-only mode, right?

你说的mild hybrid车辆可以是只有启动停止功能的小型车辆，对吧？也就是说它会关闭发动机，然后由一个电动机、启动器启动以提高效率。不过，mild hybrid车辆的关键区别在于它没有任何高压电池，也无法进入纯电动模式，对吗？

So right off the bat, because we have an EV-only mode, we know that this is not a mild hybrid, right? And no Prius is. Minimally, every Prius is what's called, or a full hybrid or a have. And what the distinguishing element there is that it has, it is capable of an EV-only mode, and it has a high voltage battery that it's using. So with that EV-only mode, now this is kind of a distinguishing, as we talk about between Phev, plug-in hybrid versus hybrid. A hybrid will have an EV-only mode, but it's often limited to just lower speeds, below like a certain threshold. If you really give it the beans or get into it, or you start going faster, get above a certain speed, that's when it'll then kick in the ice engine. That's a little redundant. Kick in the ice, internal combustion engine, and combine those two sources of power to do what you need it to do.

所以，一开始就因为我们有一种纯电动模式，我们就知道这不是一种轻混动车型，对吗？任何一辆普锐斯也不是。最少而言，每辆普锐斯都被称为全混动车型。而区分的要素是它有一个纯电动模式，并且使用着高电压电池。所以有了这个纯电动模式之后，这是一种在插电式混动车型和混合动力车型之间的区别。混合动力车型也有纯电动模式，但通常限于低速行驶，也就是在某个速度阈值以下。如果你真的加大油门或者加速，超过了某个速度，那时它就会启动内燃机。这样就会同时利用这两种动力来源来满足你的需求。

So again, with that hybrid, you're gonna have an EV-only mode, it's gonna be limited, you're gonna have a battery, it's still gonna be a very small battery, and kind of a critical element also is you don't have the ability to plug it in, you don't have an outlet on the outside of the vehicle, and you don't have an onboard charger.

所以再说一次，对于这种混合动力车型，你会有一个纯电动模式，但是它会受到限制，你会有一个电池，但它仍然是非常小的电池，而且一个关键的元素是，你没有能力插电充电，车辆外部没有插座，车辆内部也没有内置的充电器。

And an onboard charger, what that does, for anyone familiar with Bev's or Phev's, that is what allows you to take the power from the grid, the wall, right, the AC power that's in the wall, and get it into your vehicle as DC power that's stored in the battery. So it's necessary to have an onboard charger that manages the power conversion from AC to DC so that you can store it in the vehicle.

另外还有一个车载充电器，对于熟悉插电式纯电动车或混合动力车的人来说，它可以从电网、墙壁上提取交流电并将其转换为直流电存储在电池中。所以有一个车载充电器来管理交流电到直流电的转换是必要的，这样你才能将电能存储到车辆中。

So if this were not the prime, if this was just a hybrid variant, they wouldn't have the plug, and they would have an EV-only mode, but it wouldn't be as capable or allow you to go as far as what you can in this vehicle.

所以，如果这不是顶级款，如果只是一款混合动力车型，他们就不会有插头，并且会有一种纯电动模式，但它的性能不如这辆车，并且无法像这辆车那样行驶那么远。

And again, like we said, at 40 miles of all electric range, I think it's 39, technically 44 on certain trim variants of this, but that actually gives you some serious capability to the extent that, like right now, right, we have it in the mode where it's optimizing and selecting. So it's auto, but you can see it's in EP mode right now. So it's whisper quiet, right? We're moving, you can hear some fans and stuff running, but it's not running the internal combustion engine. So it gives you the ability to select between those, and obviously with the plug-in hybrid variant, this is gonna give you the most potential range in terms of all electric capability.

再次重申，就像我们所说的那样，在40英里的全电动里程上，我认为实际上是39英里，在某些车型的特定版本上则为44英里，但这实际上给了你一定的能力，就像现在这样，我们将其设置在优化和选择的模式下。所以它是自动的，但你可以看到它现在处于EP模式。所以它非常安静，对吧？我们在行驶中，可以听到一些风扇声和运转声，但它没有运行内燃机。因此，它使你能够在这两者之间选择，并且显然，有了插电式混合动力车型，这将为你提供最大的全电动行驶能力。

And the way too, we should explain, fundamentally speaking, right, the electric motors, there's actually two electric motors in this drive system. Again, Toyota calls it their hybrid synergy drive. You've basically got one motor that's connected to the internal combustion engine that is performing the functions of acting as a starter for the internal combustion engine. It's also acting as a generator to charge the battery. And thirdly, it's sending power to the other electric motor, which is gonna be used for traction. So actually traction meaning moving the vehicle, right? So yeah, you've got two electric motors functioning in harmony, they call them MG1, MG2, motor generator one, motor generator two. This has been a hallmark of Prius and any hybrid drive trends from Toyota for years now. And it's something that they've really continued to refine and optimize as they've adapted it in different vehicles and obviously now we're on the fifth generation in this Prius, right?

而且，我们应该解释的方式是，从根本上说，对吧，电动发动机实际上有两个。丰田称之为他们的混合动力系统。基本上，你有一个连接到内燃机的电动机，它起到了内燃机的启动器的功能。它还充当了充电电池的发电机。第三，它将动力发送到另一个电动机，用于牵引。所以实际上，牵引意味着移动车辆，对吧？所以是的，你有两个电动机协同工作，称之为MG1和MG2，即电机发电机一号和电机发电机二号。这是Prius和丰田的混合动力趋势多年来的特点。随着它在不同的车辆中得到了适应，并且显然，现在我们是第五代Prius，他们确实持续改进和优化了这项技术。

But once you're moving, I will say, like jump in, hit the pedal on this thing. We'll see if we can get like an unobstructed ability to accelerate here, but the vehicle's actually pretty punchy. And it, you know, I think there's been, for a long time, hybrid vehicles, maybe it was even like a badge of honor, like it was sort of slow and clunky looking and you know, maybe it was super efficient, but it wasn't really fun to drive.

但一旦你开始行动，我会说，像是跳进去，踩下油门的感觉。我们看看能否获得顺畅的加速能力，但这辆车实际上相当有力。你知道的，我认为长时间以来，混合动力车或许甚至是一种荣誉的象征，看起来有些迟钝而笨重，也许非常高效，但驾驶起来并没有真正的乐趣。

And I know, hey, you think about like, Bev's even, right? The Nissan Leaf was the first mass market Bev that really sold at meaningful value, but it was kind of a little bit unexciting, right? Tesla sort of changed that with their Bev's. This is now a hybrid vehicle that we said looks good.

我知道，嘿，你会考虑像Bev这样的东西，对吧？尼桑Leaf是第一款真正以有意义的价格销售的大众市场Bev，但它有点不太令人激动，对吧？特斯拉改变了这一点，他们的Bev看起来不错。现在它是一种我们认为美观的混合动力车。

And like if I give it the beans here, like it's throwing me back in the seat, right? We're moving. And it did just kick from EV only, it brought the engine in, right? So it's choosing that mode. But it's got some pep, right? At 220 horsepower, again, over 100 horsepower, I think it's 99 actually more than the previous gen. But I think at zero to 60 times in this are somewhere between six and seven seconds, I wanna say like 6.7, which puts it, that's respectable, right? That's much faster than any other Prius, I think they were north of nine seconds for a long time. And not that straight line speed is the hallmark of why someone would wanna buy this vehicle or anything, but the point is it's a more fun vehicle to drive. It moves pretty well, it can get out of its own way, you're not gonna have any trouble passing.

我如果在这里非常用力，它就会将我推到后座上。我们在移动。它刚刚从纯电驱动模式转到混合动力模式，是吧？它在选择这种模式。但是它还是有一些活力，对吧？它有220马力，比前一代多了100多马力，实际上是99马力。但是我觉得从零到六十英里大约需要6至7秒的时间，我想说是6.7秒，这个速度还是不错的，对吧？这比任何其他普锐斯都要快，我认为它们以前需要超过九秒。当然，直线速度并不是购买这辆车的主要原因，但是重点是它是一辆更有趣的驾驶车辆。它的行驶速度相当不错，可以从容不迫地超车，不会有任何困扰。

As far as handling, like right we said, it is a low vehicle. So CG is pretty low. As far as the suspension choice is, it's McPherson set up and the front and multi-link in the rear. So it's not like they're blowing us out of the water with virtual ball, crazy exotic suspensions or active damping or anything like that. But it feels solid, I don't have any issues with driving it.

就操控来说，正如我们之前所说，这是一辆低矮的车辆。所以重心相当低。就悬挂系统选择而言，前部采用麦弗逊悬挂，后部采用多连杆悬挂。所以它并没有使用虚拟球、疯狂的异域悬挂或主动减震等高级配置。但它感觉很稳固，我对驾驶它没有任何问题。

I mean, no one buys a Prius because it's a quote, driver's car, right? But this has gotta be certainly the most fun version of the Prius to date and something that, I think if they're targeting maybe a new audience, people that historically wouldn't have bought it because they didn't think it was a fun enough car to drive, this is probably a nice balance of being very efficient, practical, low cost to buy at low cost to drive it. But then also looks decent, it is pretty fun to drive. So, no, I think it's, it exceeds, it's more nimble and fun to drive than I thought it would be for sure.

我的意思是，没有人会因为它是一辆好开的车而购买普锐斯，对吧？但这绝对是迄今为止最有趣的普锐斯版本，我认为如果他们的目标是吸引一些过去认为开普锐斯不够好玩而不愿购买它的新观众，这款车可能是很好的平衡，既非常高效、实用、购买成本低，又外观不错，驾驶起来也很有趣。所以，不，我认为它超出了我的想象，比我预期的更灵活、更好玩。

It is interesting to us in here like this, I mean, this low roof and this sort of gradual aero optimized rake for this. It is a funny shape like for the daylight opening here and looking at the pillar and the rake of this, I mean, I'm not super tall, I'm 5'10", 5'11", got a little bit of headroom here, but some people might not like that sort of constrained feeling. I think it's less of an issue up here in the rear, I've seen some reviews where to get this lower profile with the roof line, people are definitely kind of hitting their heads. If you're taller than about 5'8", I think your head is touching the headliner in the rear, which might bug some people. But again, everything's a trade off, right? Maybe getting that little extra aero optimization. And certainly they do make bigger vehicles, right? You can get a hybrid version of a Rav4 or a Corolla. So if that's a problem, I'm sure Toyota would gladly sell you a bigger vehicle, but there's only one Prius, right?

在这里，这样的设计对我们来说很有趣，我的意思是，这种低矮的车顶和渐进式的流线型设计。这个天窗的形状很有趣，看着这根柱子和这个设计，我的意思是，我个子不算高，大概5英尺10英寸或5英尺11英寸，这里还有点头空间，但有些人可能不喜欢这种受限感。我觉得在后面这个问题没那么严重，我看过一些评论，为了让车顶线更低，人们的头确实有点撞到了。如果你个子比5英尺8英寸高，我觉得你的头会碰到后排的车顶衬板，这可能会让一些人不舒服。但再怎么说，所有的东西都是权衡的结果，对吗？而且他们确实有更大的车型嘛，你可以选择RAV4或者C雅阁的混合动力版本。如果这是个问题，我相信丰田会很愿意卖给你更大的车，但是只有一辆Prius对吧？

This was the original hybrid. This was the, you know, for lack, it has like a spirit to it almost, right? It's been the butt of jokes, it's been a Hollywood darling, I think, in certain aspects. Certainly it's loved on the coast. It is sort of the stereotypical hybrid or like environmentally conscious car. You'll hear people sort of almost derogatively, or derogatorily referred to it as, you know, out there driving their Priuses or something. But no, it's like, it's an efficient car. People who are concerned about their environmental impact have driven these cars for years. You look in California or Portland, you're gonna see a ton of them. And I think people almost kind of make themselves the butt of jokes sometimes with their Priuses. I think I saw a bumper sticker once and said, cool Prius. And then like the quote was, nobody ever, meaning like, no one's ever styled a Prius for its styling. But with that said, like, I think to date, Toyota's sold, they claim over 23 million Priuses or Prii, whatever the plural form would be. It's definitely had some staying power. It's definitely been something that people buy and enjoy.

这是最初的混合动力车。你懂的，它几乎有一种灵魂的感觉，对吧？它一直是笑话的对象，也是好莱坞的宠儿，在某些方面，我觉得。当然，在海岸地区它备受喜爱。它算是典型的混合动力车，或者说是环保意识车型。你会听到人们带有一种贬低的口气，说着别人开着他们的普锐斯之类的车。但不，这是一辆高效的汽车。那些关心环境影响的人多年来一直开着这些车。在加州或波特兰，你会看到很多。我觉得人们有时候甚至会拿普锐斯开自己开玩笑。我曾经看到一辆汽车上贴了个挂饰，上面写着“酷普锐斯”。然后引号里写着“没人说过”，意思是指没有人因为它的外观而喜欢它。但是话虽如此，丰田迄今为止声称已经销售了超过2300万辆普锐斯，肯定有一定的市场持久性。它绝对是人们购买和喜爱的车款。

And the interesting thing too, I saw a kind of a unique stat about Priuses, which was that there was a survey done in 2019 that looked at average length of vehicle ownership. And they had quizzed owners on what vehicles are owned as a percentage of all, like people who own these for more than 15 years. And the Prius was number two on that list behind the Toyota Highlander. And I think it was like 16, little more than 16% of owners own the vehicle for more than 15 years, which is remarkable, right? Meaning that when people buy a Prius, they typically drive it for a long time. And that makes sense because they're interested in buying something that's efficient and usually to get, you know, and they're probably looking at cost of ownership and things like that. And when you're doing that, it makes sense to drive the vehicle for as long as possible. So, you know, they have, right? A lot of brand loyalty, also worth noting.

而且有趣的是，我还看到了关于普锐斯的一项独特数据，即2019年进行的一项调查，调查了平均车辆拥有年限。他们询问车主拥有的车辆种类占所有车辆的比例，比如拥有某辆车超过15年的人。而普锐斯在该名单上排名第二，仅次于丰田海拉克斯。大约有超过16%的车主拥有超过15年的时间，这是非常显著的，对吧？这意味着当人们购买一辆普锐斯时，他们通常会使用很长时间。这是有道理的，因为他们希望购买效率高的车辆，通常也会考虑拥有成本等因素。在这种情况下，尽可能长时间驾驶汽车是有道理的。因此，他们也拥有很高的品牌忠诚度，这也值得注意。

So the Prius has some interesting beginnings, like the whole story, the legacy that ultimately, what's neat, what I like about this vehicle is that from day one, it was always a hybrid, right? It was a purpose built, ground up. They had a goal in mind and they've optimized it to get to where they are.

所以普锐斯有一些有趣的起源，就像整个故事一样，它的传承最终成为我喜欢这辆车的原因是，从一开始，它就一直是一款混合动力车，对吧？它是为特定目标而设计的，从最底层开始构建。他们一直在优化，以达到现在的成就。

So going all the way back, right? In the early 90s, I think it was 93, Toyota corporate had a vision, a strategy to wanna make a vehicle for the 21st century. And they developed a secret project, they called it G21. And with that, they had this ambitious goal of trying to make a vehicle that was as one and a half times as fuel efficient as like their standard ice offerings at the time. So one and a half times, 150%, that's pretty serious.

回溯到非常早的时候，对吧？在90年代初，我想是93年，丰田公司有一个愿景，一个战略，想要为21世纪制造一辆车辆。他们开始了一个秘密项目，称之为G21。他们的雄心勃勃的目标是制造一辆燃油效率是当时标准汽油车的1.5倍的车辆。1.5倍，相当严肃。

So they started down this path, they started developing during that. At some point, it got bumped up to 200%, right? They wanted to be twice as efficient, which was a pretty big ask. And so as the team was working on that, right, they're trying to refine the internal combustion engine as much as they can. Eventually, that was when they made the decision that they were gonna go to a hybrid platform. And that set them on that path.

他们开始沿着这条道路前进，他们在那个过程中开始进行开发。在某个时刻，进展提升到了200%，对吧？他们希望效率提高一倍，这是一个相当大的要求。因此，团队在努力改进内燃机技术，尽可能提高效率。最终，他们做出了转而采用混合动力的决定。这将他们引领上了那条道路。

They got a prototype vehicle ready. They demoed it at the 95 Tokyo Auto Show. And that vehicle, I don't know, we'll drop in some B-roll of that. Pretty wild pictures of that. So this would have been the first gen prototype like many vehicles before it actually hit the road. You had that, the interior looked like fun, fettting birthday cake, in my opinion. But that one even, it didn't even have a battery. It was for electrical power storage, the prototype had just a capacitor, which was kind of wild.

他们已经准备好了一辆原型车。他们在1995年的东京车展上展示了它。那辆车，我不知道，我们会放一些附带的B卷。那些照片非常疯狂。所以这应该是那款车的第一代原型车，就像其他许多车辆在实际上上路之前一样。你知道，内饰看起来像一个有趣的、丰盛的生日蛋糕，就是我的意见。但那辆甚至连电池都没有。原型车只是使用电力储存的电容器，有点疯狂。

But with that, shortly thereafter, 97, the first gen Prius comes on the scene. At that point, it was in Japan only, right? First market to have it, that made sense. From 97 to 2000, it was available in Japan only. And then eventually it made its way over to the US. So that first gen, which went from 97 to 2003, did eventually make its way into the US. They had a bit of an update to try and make it a little bit more appealing for the US market.

然后不久之后的97年，第一代普锐斯问世了。那时它只在日本市场出售，对吧？作为第一个推出的市场，这很合理。从97年到2000年，它只在日本销售。然后最终它进入了美国市场。所以那个从97年到2003年的第一代最终进入了美国市场。为了使其在美国市场更具吸引力，他们进行了一些更新。

Then they moved on to Gen 2, right? In that 2003 timeframe. And that was gonna last from 2003 to 2009. What was important there was, that was when it went from, it launched as a sedan. But then it went to, it got its triangular sort of arrow optimized shape, right? So it went from a sedan to a compact lift back in the second generation. And that was something that then carries through, even to the present.

然后他们进入了第二代，对吧？大约是在2003年这个时间段。那个时候很重要的一点是，车型从轿车变成了紧凑型的斜背式车型。这个三角箭头优化的形状是从第二代开始的。而且这个特点一直延续至今。

And it's funny, we're, obviously, this is a Toyota dealership on the lot here behind me. This is a third gen Prius. So as we followed that transition, right? Second gen went to 2009. Then from 2009 to 2015, you had the third gen. So again, you had that triangular lift back profile optimized for arrow. You can see it still bears the trappings of a little bit of a clunky looking hybrid, right? But what was unique about the third gen was, this is where they started to kind of do some different things in terms of, it was the first time that they had a plug-in hybrid variant.

而且很有趣的是，很显然，我现在身后这里是一家丰田经销店。这是第三代普锐斯。所以我们可以追踪一下过渡过程，对吧？第二代持续到2009年。从2009年到2015年，是第三代。所以你仍然可以看到那个三角形的抬头式设计，优化了空气动力学。你仍然可以看到它保留了一些笨重的混合动力特征，对吧？但第三代的独特之处在于，这是他们开始在一些方面做一些不同的事情，这是他们第一次推出了插电式混合动力车型。

It wasn't widely sold on the third gen and it wasn't something that they developed from the start. So it was kind of a later thing and they did it more in Japan. So not huge volume out of that. But they also did some other kind of trick things. They started, they had a option for solar panels on the roof. I started in 2010. That's something that actually on the Prius prime that we have now, you can get as an option. ours wasn't equipped with that. But you started to get some of these more innovative, well, maybe not just purely innovative, but just pushing the boundaries, right? Trying to get some more efficiency out of that.

在第三代产品中，这种车型并没有广泛销售，并不是从一开始就由他们开发出来的。所以这种车型可以说是后期推出的，并且在日本市场更为普遍。因此销量并不大。不过，他们也做了其他一些小技巧。他们开始提供车顶太阳能板的选择。这项功能从2010年开始启用。事实上，现在我们所拥有的Prius prime车型也有这个选项。不过，我们的车没有配备这个功能。但是，他们开始尝试一些更有创新性、也许不纯粹创新但能突破现有边界的东西。目的是为了提高效率。

So you had the third gen, again, sales continued to ramp the original first gen one. They sold about 120,000 units globally. Then by gen two, you were on more than 1.2 million units globally. So again, 10x sales for those keeping score. I think you could argue second gen was where it really hit its stride. Third gen, I think it reached maybe like icon status and where they had a ton of sales and it really became sort of mainstream, I guess.

所以你拥有了第三代，而第一代的销售继续稳步上升。全球累积销量达到大约12万辆。到了第二代，全球销量超过了120万辆。所以，与第一代相比，销量增长了10倍。我认为可以说第二代是真正迎来了高潮。第三代，我觉得它达到了如传奇般的地位，销售量大增，真正成为了主流产品，我猜。

And then you moved on to the fourth generation, which was the first time, and I wish we had one here. We don't, we'll drop in some footage of it, right? But the fourth gen, which went from 2015 up until just recently here, 2022, that was where you had the first introduction of the Prius Prime, which again, as we said here, this is a Prius Prime. The Prime distinction for Toyota is an indicator that it is a plug-in version of their hybrid. So Phev, Phev, Phev. Fourth gen was the first Phev variant of the Prius that was developed from the start and sort of launched in mass market appeal.

然后你转向了第四代，这是第一次，我希望我们这里也有一个。我们没有，我们将加入一些它的片段，对吗？但第四代从2015年一直延续到最近的2022年，那是你们首次推出Prius Prime的时候，正如我们在这里所说的，这是一辆Prius Prime。Prime对于丰田来说是它们混合动力车的插电式版本的标志。因此Phev，Phev，Phev。第四代是Prius的第一个Phev变体，从一开始就以大规模市场吸引力进行开发。

So that obviously paved the way then for us to lead to the fifth gen here. It's been, and it's been interesting to see, you know, this car evolve over time, I think for sure, right? It was an icon of environmentally conscious folks early on. It was sort of a badge of honor and maybe that it looked a little goofy, but it appealed to a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. And I think even beyond just environmentally conscious folks, it was just, you could go really far for really cheap, approaching 50 miles per gallon, it's tough to argue with that. So, you know, if you're someone who wants to, you know, maybe you drive a lot of miles for work or something, the Priuses make a ton of sense and they always have in this most recent iteration here is certainly no exception to that. And it's gonna allow you to do it in a little more stylish fashion and also, you know, maybe a little bit more fun to drive too. So I don't know, I give it a thumbs up, I think as far as hybrids go, like I would definitely buy this vehicle before I would buy a BZ4X, the Bev from Toyota here. I think the value proposition with this, I think you're getting more for the money, you eliminate the range anxiety concern, you know, and I know people, it becomes almost sort of dogmatic, right? It's gotta be a full EV. But if you're somewhere on the fence and you're just looking to lower your impact, this car does make a ton of sense and there's some really interesting tech that they've refined and optimized. And now I think this really is certainly the best version of the Prius that we've seen so far.

当然，这就为我们引领到这里的第五代铺平了道路。随着时间的推移，看到这辆车的演变一直非常有趣。起初，它就是环保人士的标志。它可能看起来有点傻气，但因为各种原因吸引了很多人。即使不仅仅是环保人士，你也可以以非常低廉的价格走得很远，接近每加仑50英里，这个优势很难置辩。所以，如果你是那种经常开车上班的人，Prius无疑非常合理，这次最新的版本更是如此。它会让你以一种更时尚的方式行车，并且也可能更有乐趣。所以，我认为它是一款不容错过的混合动力车型，我肯定会在购买BZ4X（丰田的纯电动车型）之前选择这辆车。我认为它的性价比更高，还能排除电动续航焦虑的问题。我知道有人对纯电动车几乎变得教条化，但如果你还在犹豫不决，只想减少你的影响力，这款车确实非常合理，并且其中的一些技术经过了改进和优化。我认为这确实是迄今为止我们见过的最好的Prius版本。

All right, home again, home again. So there you have it. Spent some time going through the 2023 Prius Prime XSE today. Hopefully you found some interesting things and enjoyed this. We certainly have had a fun time checking out this vehicle. Again, I'll reiterate. I think that certainly, right, everyone wants to go in a direction that's improvement this is the best version of the Prius so far. I think they improved it objectively in a lot of ways. It's definitely gonna appeal to a broader audience. I think it looks better, right? It's got a hundred more horsepower than the previous version. It's still crazy efficient when it comes to fuel economy. And it's still, you know, it is committed to being an efficient conscious car that represents a solid value proposition without being excessively bland. I think it's true to its spirit, right? But it's definitely been modified and it's tasteful in better way, right? So yeah, I enjoyed it Prius Prime. If you have a chance to jump in one, go check it out. And I would just say, you know, an interesting thing. People don't always know this. So this one was a car that we are just looking at on the A surface, right? So we're not actually tearing it apart. But if someone really wanted to get in the nitty gritty, right, perhaps you have a hybrid vehicle. You're wanting to understand the trade offs between this and yours. You know, we do projects where we could get this, we could break it down, look at your vehicle, look at this vehicle, go side by side, juxtapose things, point out why certain things are done. The trade offs associated with it. I think sometimes people think we're maybe just a tear down company or we just do reviews. Ultimately, what we really focus on is getting into the why behind the what. So we're looking at the surface level here, but with this or with any other vehicle, if you have any interest in sort of getting deeper into it, by all means, please keep us in mind for that. Don't hesitate to reach out salesatleandesign.com. Thanks. Thanks for watching.

好的，又回到家了。所以这就是我们的介绍。今天花了些时间看2023款的Prius Prime XSE。希望你发现了一些有趣的东西，并且喜欢它。我们肯定在看这辆车的过程中过得很开心。我要再重申一下，我认为肯定，每个人都希望前进的方向更好，这是迄今为止最好的Prius版本。我认为他们在很多方面都进行了改进。它肯定会吸引更广泛的受众。我认为它看起来更好，对吧？它比上一款增加了100匹的马力。在燃油经济性方面仍然非常高效。而且它仍然致力于成为一款高效的低碳车型，代表了可靠的价值主张，而不会过于平庸。我认为它忠于自己的精神，但它肯定进行了修改，并且以更好的方式进行了装饰。所以是的，我喜欢Prius Prime。如果你有机会坐一下它，请去看看。我只是想说一件有趣的事情。人们并不总是知道这一点。所以这辆车我们仅仅是在A表面上看了一下，我们并没有把它撕开来看。但是如果有人真的想要更深入地研究，也许你有一辆混动车，你想了解与这辆车的取舍之间的差异。我们做过一些项目，可以拆解这辆车，看看你的车，将两者进行对比，指出为什么会有某些设计，以及与之相关的取舍。有时人们可能会认为我们只是一个拆车公司，或者只做评论。但最终，我们真正关注的是弄清事物背后的原因。虽然我们在表层上看这辆车，但对于这辆车或其他任何车辆，如果你对深入研究有兴趣，请记得考虑我们。请随时联系 salesatleandesign.com。谢谢观看。