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Originally Posted by ksa8907
I made a post there with my data, care to let me know your thoughts?
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Looks great.
Your driving style and potentially a milder climate is helping.
Concerning the start-stop nature of the system, note that if you are requesting heat from the HVAC, the only source is the engine, so it will run more often. When heat or A/C is not needed, that's when it performs the best.
It's also not an EV in any way. It's purely an energy storage and release system to supplement the vehicle when it's operating at its most INefficient phases on gas.
Consider that the USABLE energy in the HV battery is about the same as the TOTAL energy in the 12V battery under the hood.
HV battery is 1.87kWh. 40% of which is usable, so 0.75kWh.
I don't know the specific capacity of your 12V, but I would expect it to be at least 60Ah. 60Ah * 12V = 0.72kWh.
You wouldn't expect to be able to drive around on the 12V battery in EV mode for very long. Same is true of the HV battery.
Lastly, in almost all circumstances, efforts to force or encourage EV mode are always a false economy. Anything extracted in EV mode will have to be replaced with gas. Creeping around a parking lot is fine. Trying to force EV mode on surface/residential streets is counterproductive. Just drive conservatively, and you'll get the best mpg and battery life.