Now you’ll need to know how to charge a Prius battery. Once the jumper cables are removed, allow your Prius to run for up to 10 minutes before shutting it off again. This allows the Prius battery to recharge and prevents the vehicle from failing to start again later on. #1 PaulHeiser...
With regenerative brakes, you're not throwing energy away every time you stop and stop: the car's electric motor becomes a generator so that when the brakes are engaged, the car slows down as your kinetic energy turns to electricity that recharges the battery. David MacKay sums it all up...