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Batteries wear down. How quickly depends on how they are used and treated. That includes how deeply they are discharged and how fully they are charged. I am not clear how deeply the battery will be discharged before the vehicle runs exclusively on gas or how the electric priority setting might...

We have a 2018 Outlander PHEV and lived in northern Minnesota with temps down to -40 at night. We had an uneated detached garage and leave it plugged in. We also took winter trips when the car was left unattended for over a month. My solution was to have the automatic ac heat turn on about 2:00...

I suspect it is to blame indirectly. People are used to autocorrect catching mistakes so if it doesn't they don't catch them either. Its also a function of keyboard learning. Our fingers tend to type words and their/there are the same in spoken English. So its not surprising that someone...

We use battery most of the time and always plug in while we are home. I never use charge unless I am going to need to use the batteries as an AC power source. I assume charging reduces mileage by putting an additional load on the engine. I never use save at all. I assume that letting the car...

I believe I have set the automatic air conditioning to turn on once a week and the automatic charge to turn on the next day. That seems to have worked. I assume the air conditioning draws the battery down and it is then recharged and the charger also keeps the 12 volt charged.

AH ratings are based on the energy the battery will produce under a set load over a set period of time under set conditions, including temperature. Change any of those set factors and the AH rating will change. Usually the stated rating is with a fixed load that will drain the battery over 20...

I think in the US we call it the "parking brake. I confused the "park brake" with putting the shift lever in park by pressing the park button above it. " The electric parking brake is a switch on the console next to the four wheel drive and ev priority buttons. You need to set the parking brake.