Lou Valencia

When my car is plugged in and fully charged, if I remote start to warm it up, it's using power from the battery vs. wall power. When I get in, about 10% of the battery is drained. Can I get it to use power from the plug for this?

Thanks for the great responses. Here's what I've noticed from driving. I'm not sure how it is measured, but seems to me like torque on the wheels that factors in. For example, at a given speed and power demand, more opposing torque is placed on the wheels, causing the threshold to drop. Conversely, going downhill puts less torque on the wheels, requiring less power to keep the car moving/speed up, so the threshold rises. Also, in watching the battery charge/discharge arrows, I've noticed when torque on the wheels/engine/whatever is below a certain point (power demand from ICE exceeds what is required to move the car at a given speed on a given incline/decline), the engine is putting charge back into the battery. I assume this threshold between discharge/charge is enough electrical power generated from the ICE to overcome the climate/accessory load in the cabin.I could be a bit off, but that's just my impressions/observations from driving it for a few weeks.

I just got my Fusion Energy and am new to PHEVs in general and wanted to find out more detail on the Power+Threshold (Empower) gauge in the Information Display works. I understand that the blue outline shows the point where the gas engine kicks on (1st photo), but what determines the height of that threshold and whether it is there at all? Also, when on gas (hybrid), what determines if the blue border is there or not? When it is present (such as in the 2nd photo), is it showing the KW level the battery is contributing (running on gas and electric at the same time), or the level below which power needs to be to allow it to run in EV mode, or something else? Any help would be appreciated. I'm loving my Fusion Energi and want to get the most out of it.