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		tomkaos on March 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in win... Some bad surprise with plugin hybrid too. Many hybrid use the gas engine for heating the car, they don't have electric heater. My Santa Fe PHEV will never use the battery under 15C because the gas engine need to always run to stay warm. You can drive hour and come back with a full battery.

xxs on March 4, 2022 [–]

>PHEV will never use the battery under 15C

Seems really harsh, my own hybrid (not Sanra Fe) does that at around -13C.

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