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Old 01-20-2020, 02:39 PM   #128 (permalink)
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It might be just because of ambient temperature. The heat pump can only be used down to 14F, so anything below that and it might default to running as a hybrid.

My parents bought a Prime last month; they love it so far. My dad keeps emailing, "The car got xx.x mpg today!"
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