nuspi32 Posted June 29, 2020 at 01:16 AM Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 at 01:16 AM I noticed that my rotary dial lights up when I am charging is this normal. and can someone explain ev later mode to me because the book says » EV Later: puts the vehicle into hybrid mode, reserving the plug-in power for later. this has to be false cause I use ev later the most and when I go to use battery power it is no longer at full charge or full range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy Posted June 29, 2020 at 12:50 PM Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 at 12:50 PM EV Later preserves 95% of the current battery charge. So every time you start the car the charge level drops. If you don't charge it, it will eventually be empty. There is only one battery. Hybrid mode uses the battery so it can't stay charged to 100%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidoo Posted June 29, 2020 at 11:56 PM Report Share Posted June 29, 2020 at 11:56 PM My shifter rotary dial lights when charging too. Always thought it was normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsamp Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:30 AM Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 at 05:30 AM On 6/29/2020 at 5:50 AM, murphy said: EV Later preserves 95% of the current battery charge. So every time you start the car the charge level drops. If you don't charge it, it will eventually be empty. There is only one battery. Hybrid mode uses the battery so it can't stay charged to 100%. I don't think that is accurate. If it is above 95% charge, it will only preserve 95%. But if it is anywhere from 0-95% it will keep that % number as the 'target' and allow the charge to vary +2/-5% from there. So yes, it "could" drop 5% every time you drive the car, it also "could" go up by 2% every time as well. It is programmed to maintain the % charge when entering EV Later mode. Reality is it will not likely be exactly the same charge %, but very close. On 6/28/2020 at 6:16 PM, nuspi32 said: I noticed that my rotary dial lights up when I am charging is this normal. and can someone explain ev later mode to me because the book says » EV Later: puts the vehicle into hybrid mode, reserving the plug-in power for later. this has to be false cause I use ev later the most and when I go to use battery power it is no longer at full charge or full range. When you first enter EV Later, it will still use the HV battery for a minute or two until the ICE 'warms up'. This will drop the charge by a few %, but once the ICE takes over, it will try to charge back to the set point where it was when you entered EV Later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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