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Originally Posted by cephraim
Meanwhile, my windshield is fogging up and my passengers are whining.
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I think you'll find that the only really workable solution is to swap out the passengers :-) Face it, it's cold. It's going to take a certain amount of energy & power (rate at which energy is delivered) to warm things up to what your passengers seem to consider acceptable. That's not likely to be available from your car's cigaratte lighter receptacle, which is probably fused at around 20 amps.
You might look at a radiator block to help the engine get up to operating temp faster, if you haven't already. Even then, if you go into EV mode, the engine is going to cool down pretty quickly. I find that with the Insight, it's just better to dress warmly...