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I have a 2015 Fusion Energi since new and now in the Arizona desert getting to 110° my car sometimes will not run on the battery. I charge at night and it's fine going to work and I charge on 110 at work and the battery is charged about 3 hours before I leave for work. In the last two days whenever I get in the car after work, the car won't even run on the battery. I know it takes a lot of KW's to run the AC when it's 110° but I've even tried with no AC and the Empower bar is so low that when I give it just a little gas the engine starts up. Just curious if it's the heat, or is there something wrong. I called the dealer and they said it's normal. But on my 33 mile drive home the engine ran the entire time and when I got home my trip gauge said I used 4.5kw and my EV was 0. I think my car has a 7kw battery and I don't remember how many KW's it used when I bought the car but after almost 3yrs and 60k miles I think only getting 4.5kw from the battery may be normal degradation. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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.