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Hi All!
I just got my 2022 Tuscon PHEV and have some questions, but this thread has been awesome in answering many, so I’ll try not to repeat.
1) does anyone leave their block heater plugged in all night and if so, do you notice it heats up and switches to EV mode sooner because the engine is warmer already?
2) I’m in Winnipeg and it’s been absolutely freezing, like weeks of -20 or colder as the high. At night, the vehicle is in my non heated garage, which sits at about -8 to -10 c. I can only get to EV by shutting off the heat (as others have noticed). Are there any tips other than things like drive side only, heat at auto 19 low fan, etc that haven’t been listed here yet? I didn’t hit EV once on my 15 KM drive today even after warming the vehicle for 10 mins in the garage (-10)
2) any way to know how often the car is running hybrid without watching the motor output screen?
3) for those in cold climates like mine and who have had the vehicle for a while… what months or temps did you notice it not taking long for the ICE/cabin to heat sufficiently so that the EV went on almost right away?
as we have really cold winters and really hot summers (dealership tells me the AC also runs of ICE which means hot days replicate the issues on very cold days visa-vis pulling HVAC from the ICE) I want to assure myself this purchase was still worth it!!
I just got my 2022 Tuscon PHEV and have some questions, but this thread has been awesome in answering many, so I’ll try not to repeat.
1) does anyone leave their block heater plugged in all night and if so, do you notice it heats up and switches to EV mode sooner because the engine is warmer already?
2) I’m in Winnipeg and it’s been absolutely freezing, like weeks of -20 or colder as the high. At night, the vehicle is in my non heated garage, which sits at about -8 to -10 c. I can only get to EV by shutting off the heat (as others have noticed). Are there any tips other than things like drive side only, heat at auto 19 low fan, etc that haven’t been listed here yet? I didn’t hit EV once on my 15 KM drive today even after warming the vehicle for 10 mins in the garage (-10)
2) any way to know how often the car is running hybrid without watching the motor output screen?
3) for those in cold climates like mine and who have had the vehicle for a while… what months or temps did you notice it not taking long for the ICE/cabin to heat sufficiently so that the EV went on almost right away?
as we have really cold winters and really hot summers (dealership tells me the AC also runs of ICE which means hot days replicate the issues on very cold days visa-vis pulling HVAC from the ICE) I want to assure myself this purchase was still worth it!!