Recent content by karl

I've only started in -31 C but that worked. 2020 north European model. It took almost one hour of driving before the battery came online, all power came from the engine and no regenerative braking. I got the same warnings the other day in -14C - I think this behaviour is new since the last...

Stupid question, but don't you have the EV-mode button? Without it, it seems to expect that you will drive more than a couple of minutes and doesn't just covert all the precious EV range to cabin temperature. The defrost mode and auto-cruise overrides EV-mode for some reason - probably security...

Hmm, what do you mean with lacks power? Are you sure it's not just reving more? If everything works at it should, I think you have to go a bit faster than 80 mph before the rpm is high enough that parallel mode will give more power than the battery+engine in series mode. Maybe if it's...

The way you test is that you take out the stick, wipe it clean, put it back, remove immediately, and read. The car should have been idle for a little while - a couple of minutes is enough unless it's very cold. If it's too low - fill it, and check after a week or two. If it's way too high...

I think this is one of those religious topics... I now have the MY2019 variant. It sound much better on those steep hills compared to the MY2014 I used to have. It also have a tiny bit more power. I don't drive that far, and not in the alps, and I don't tow often. For a 1500 kg fairly large...

... If you drive the car in "series" speed for a while, it clearly alternates between long periods on electric and short periods using the ICE. It would give that it alternates between charging and discharged the battery too. Maybe the parameter used by the dog is not exactly what the...

The batteries are charged also in series mode, probably at a higher rate than in parallel mode at slow speed. What you are seeing is the momentary fuel consumption. If you go for a while, the ICE will shut down. At lower speeds, I think the ICE will be active for 1/3 of the distance or less...

The hill start assistance might be an optional feature, not sure. The function is always active and maintains the brake pressure for two seconds or until the car starts rolling in the selected direction. You need to apply the foot brake as hard as it's needed to keep the car stationary first...

I don't get this whole idea about "artificially" decreased energy estimates. It's not possible to measure really, it's just the voltage and current that's possible to measure. There's a good measure of magic involved to map the fluctuating voltage and current to a SoC since it depends on the...

Well maybe... It's perhaps primarily a more efficient fuel cell car, allowing a smaller and cheaper fuel cell and instead rely on a battery for peak power. The question is if a fuel cell is more efficient than a combustion engine? The range is still not that great, so as a plugin hybrid it's...

It's not clear from this thread if you are worried about the actual driven distance or the prognosed distance. There is absolutely not necessary to get battery angst over the prognosed distance. God knows what it reports. If you have noticed a reduction on the driven distance, but a battery...

I've pasted the relevant warnings from the Owners Handbook - It's more or less the same text in MY19 and MY14. The fuel in the fuel tank may not be consumed and it may stagnate for a long time depending on the use situation of the vehicle, the quality of fuel may change, and it may have a bad...

It doesn't hurt but I doubt it matters at all actually, 12 A is a small fraction of what the battery can handle. Regen braking must produce more than 100A for instance, if I got my numbers right. A Chademo charger is also pumping in much more power and perhaps more importantly is directly...

You just have to drive the car, and plug it in when you can. The car will do the rest. (Ok, don't regularly unplug and reconnect after just a short drive, as stated by the manual.) You don't need to touch the 'charge' or 'save' buttons unless you want to show off the car when arriving at your...

The MY19 is much improved, it's just growling rather than screaming. I don't have any experience in the alps though, but a big trailer up a rather steep hill on 0 bars is like in any other car.