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Hello.  Does anyone know how to get the best acceleration or torque on an Energi?  What EV setting works best to get the maximum acceleration in situations like entering a freeway or quickly maneuvering out of a dangerous situation?  I'm still learning how to use EV modes at optimum times and read something about putting the car in EV Later mode.  The vast majority of my daily commute consists of city driving and I'm only on the freeway about 5-10% of the time, but during that small time I noticed decreased acceleration compared to my old 2014 regular Fusion Hybrid. 

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

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Many around suggest that pushing the EV power beyond 2 bars (of 4) on the empower display causes degradtion of the battery. Certainly, in my own experience, pushing EV power beyond 2.5 bars for even a few minutes, in virtually any weather above freezing, causes the threshold to drop as though the battery were overheating. I would not recommend daily use of EV power to accelerate to highway speeds. The ICE (EV later) is best used for accelerating to highway speeds. You will need to engage ev later and accelerate hard enough (briefly) to get the ICE running BEFORE getting to the ramp.  This is to allow time for it to warm up at least a little so the software will provide a majority of the power to accelerate from the ICE and not the HVB in first phase warm up behavior. Once you've accelerated to speed can go back to auto or EV now.

In strictly emergency situations just floor it in any mode but Ev now. In actual emergencies it's not worth the added risk of reaching for the button.

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