PHV Survey 5 - Parkmerced Employee

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Dear PHV Study Participant:

You are invited to participate in the Prius and Plug-in Hybrid Vehicle Driver Study PHV Final Survey (Survey #5). It will take approximately 30 minutes to complete.

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During the past two weeks, what percent of your personal trips (you as the driver) have been taken with the PHV Prius? (Please select one response.)

Please indicate the types of trips in which you intentionally chose NOT to drive the PHV Prius.(Please select all that apply.)

Grocery shopping trips

Local shopping errands

Taking kids to school

Going to work

Visiting local friends

Going out for entertainment (e.g., movies, restaurants, etc.)

Intraregional trips (outside your local city, within the metropolitan area)

Interregional trips (outside your metropolitan area)

Other, please specify:

Could you please elaborate on the general reasons as to why you did not take the PHV Prius on these trips?

My home (%)

My work (%)

A public outlet (BART parking, super market, etc.) (%)

Automobile: %

Transit: %

Walking: %

Bicycle: %

Carpool/Vanpool: % (not as a passenger in your own car)

Did you ever drive the PHV Prius away while the vehicle was plugged-in? (We won’t get mad if you did.) (Please select one response.)

Yes, I did this more than once.

Yes, I did this once.

No, but I almost did this at least once before remembering to unplug the vehicle.

No, I always remembered to unplug the vehicle before leaving.

How many times have you fueled the PHV Prius with gasoline during the past two weeks? (Please select one response.)

I have not yet fueled the PHV.

Once during the last two weeks

Twice during the last two weeks

Three times during the last two weeks

Four times during the last two weeks

Other, please specify:

Number of times you plugged-in the PHV Prius during the past two weeks:

Number of nights:

What are some of the main reasons that you did not plug-in the vehicle at home?

Are you regularly close enough to an outlet to plug-in the vehicle at home? (Please select one response.)

Are you regularly close enough to an outlet to plug-in the vehicle at work? (Please select one response.)

Time of Day, Location:

How often are you close enough to an outlet to plug-in the vehicle at locations outside of your home or work? (Please select one response.)

How often do you forget to plug-in the PHV Prius, even when you are close enough to an outlet? (Please select one response.)

How long does it typically take you to plug-in the vehicle at home? (Please select one response.)

Less than 10 seconds

10 to 20 seconds

20 to 30 seconds

30 seconds to 1 minute

1 to 2 minutes

2 to 4 minutes

I do not plug in at home

More than 4 minutes (Please say how long):

How long does it typically take you to plug-in the vehicle at work? (Please select one response.)

Less than 10 seconds

10 to 20 seconds

20 to 30 seconds

30 seconds to 1 minute

1 to 2 minutes

2 to 4 minutes

I do not plug in at work

More than 4 minutes (please say how long):

Do you consider plugging-in the vehicle to be (please select one response):

An unnecessary hassle that is not worth the benefit

A hassle that could be tolerable, if it were improved

Not much trouble but often not worth doing

An annoyance, but often worth doing

No trouble at all and worth doing

On a scale of 1 to 5, please rate the degree to which plugging-in the vehicle is a burden (1 is not a burden, 5 is a big burden). (Please select one response.)

On a scale of 1 to 5, please rate the degree to which plugging-in the vehicle is beneficial (1 is not beneficial, 5 is very beneficial). (Please select one response.)

Where do you most often store the charging cable?

In a bag, in the car

In the cargo area of the car, out of any bag or containment (loosely strewn)

At my home location

At my work location

Somewhere else (please explain):

Are there any design changes that you would suggest for the charging cable based on your experience so far?

Yes (please explain):

Minutes:

Please rate the noise level of the PHV in the EV mode.

Please rate the All-Electric Range (AER) on a full charge.

More than enough for a typical day of driving

Just sufficient for a typical day of driving

Almost sufficient for a typical day of driving

Only sufficient for about half of a typical day of driving

Sufficient for less than half of a typical day of driving

How was the acceleration in EV mode?

Which is more important to you?

The ability to drive in EV mode

High MPG

EV Range in Miles:

How satisfied are you with the EV range of 14 miles? (Please select one response.)

Not at all satisfied

Somewhat dissatisfied

Somewhat satisfied

Very satisfied

Range (miles):

In your opinion, what would be the ideal all electric range for the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle? (Please select one response).

Please offer any comments that you have about your use of the All-Electric Range and EV mode. Do you have any suggestions that you would like to make to the Prius automotive engineers for improving its use or function within future models?

I feel that plugging-in the vehicle is worth doing for the environment. (Please select one response.)

I feel that plugging-in the vehicle is worth doing for cost savings. (Please select one response.)

I feel that plugging-in the vehicle is worth doing for the electric-drive experience. (Please select one response.)

When you plug-in the vehicle, how long is it typically plugged-in? (Please select one response.)

Has the plug-in feature changed how you travel during the past two weeks? (Please select one response.)

Yes

Please describe briefly how the plug-in feature has impacted your typical travel patterns.

Is there anything about the plug-in feature of the PHV Prius that you would like to see improved?

Now that you have driven the PHV Prius for four weeks, we would like to assess how you feel that it compares with the traditional hybrid Prius that you were driving earlier in the study. Please rate the PHV Prius relative to how you feel it has performed versus the traditional hybrid Prius. (Please select one response for each row below.)

Are there any features about the PHV Prius that you currently consider to be significantly worse than the traditional hybrid Prius? Please explain.

Are there any features about the PHV Prius that you currently consider to be significantly better than the traditional hybrid Prius? Please explain.

Overall, the PHV Prius is an improvement over gasoline-electric hybrids in terms of driving experience. (Please select one response.)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

After four weeks, I found plugging-in the vehicle to be a hassle with the PHV Prius. I did not find it to be worth the supposed benefits. (Please select one response.)

Strongly Agree

Agree

Disagree

Strongly Disagree

1st favorite thing:

2nd favorite thing:

3rd favorite thing:

Least favorite thing:

2nd least favorite thing:

3rd least favorite thing:

Using the PHV Prius makes me think more about fuel efficiency. (Please select one response.)

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Agree

Strongly Agree

Overall, I prefer the feel of driving in all electric-mode over the hybrid electric mode. (Please select one response.)

Which mode do you use to drive most with the PHV Prius (eco-mode, power mode, neither)?

Eco mode

Power mode

Neither

Do you toggle between driving modes or do you mostly just use one?

I regularly toggle between the modes depending on the situation

I generally keep it on one mode (or keep both modes off)

You might have noticed when the gasoline engine came on at certain times while you were driving the PHV. Please check all the times below when you noticed the gasoline engine come on. (Please select all that apply).

Turned on heater

Turned on air conditioning

Turned on radio

Stepped hard on the gas pedal

Going uphill

Going 62 mph or faster

Other, please specify:

While driving in all electric mode, did you find yourself controlling your speed so as to avoid engaging the internal combustion engine? (Please select one response.)

Yes

Given your experience with the PHV Prius, are there places that you have gone where you would have liked to charge the vehicle but could not because an outlet was not available?

Yes

How frequently does this impact how you drive?

When the PHV Prius goes over 62 mph, it can run only in gasoline engine mode, not in all electric mode. If that speed at which the PHV Prius does not run in all electric mode were made lower, then Toyota could extend the EV range or use a smaller battery, resulting in lower vehicle price. At what speed should Toyota make that limit for EV range? (Please select one response.)

Please tell us the places at which an outlet would have been convenient for charging your PHV Prius. (Please check all that would apply.)

Supermarket

Work

Rail transit station

Metered on-street parking spot

Shopping center (e.g., Target®, general suburban shopping center, etc.)

Movie theater

All of the above (i.e., anywhere I park the car)

Other, please specify:

Based on your experience with the PHV Prius, if there was an outlet most everywhere you could park the car, do you think you would regularly plug-in the vehicle (assuming the electricity charged to you was the same rate that you got at home)? (Please select one response.)

I would plug-in the vehicle all the time.

I would probably plug-in the vehicle much of the time.

I would sometimes plug-in the vehicle.

I probably would not plug-in the vehicle that often outside home.

I would not use public outlets.

What was your impression of the PHV vehicle as a whole?

Overall, how has the PHV Prius met your expectations? (Please select one response.)

Greatly exceeded expectations

Exceeded expectations

Met expectations

Slightly disappointed

Greatly disappointed

If you were to buy the 2012 plug-in Prius, would you want it to look different from a conventional Prius? (Please select one response.)

Yes

Don’t know

How should it look different?

Decal similar to the one on the vehicle you drove

Smaller decal near the “beltline” of the vehicle?

Other, please specify:

Did you use the PHV Prius as you expected you might? Why or why not?

Would you choose the Prius PHV over a new version of the vehicle you own today? (Please select one response.)

Would you choose the Prius HEV over a new version of the vehicle you own today? (Please select one response.)

When you buy your next vehicle, will you consider the Prius (any one of them)?

Yes, a new Prius

Yes, a used Prius

When you purchase your next car in the future, you may have the option to buy a “plug-in” version of that vehicle.

The plug-in version could have a variety of possible specifications, but it would likely cost more because of the advanced engineering and larger battery required. Based on your experience with the plug-in hybrid, imagine that you had a choice between a Prius that cost $23,000 and a plug-in version that cost something different.

If you had the option of only buying the conventional Prius or the plug-in version with a 14-mile EV range, at what difference in price from the conventional Prius do you think you would opt for the plug-in? Please indicate your likely choice at each price differential listed in the rows below.

Now imagine you have the same choice, but the plug-in version has a range of 28 miles per charge (as opposed to 14 miles currently). Please indicate your likely choice at each price differential (the dollar amount more in price of the plug-in hybrid over the conventional hybrid)

Finally, again, imagine that you have the same choice with the same vehicles, but the plug-in version has a range of 42 miles per charge (as opposed to 14 miles currently). Please indicate your likely choice at each price differential (the dollar amount more in price of the plug-in hybrid over the conventional hybrid).