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Originally Posted by pitokhato
How do you manage increase your speed from 5 to 30 miles per hour in slow and go trafic?
For me if engine warm enough, I can increase speed from 5 to 15 miles per hour most in all electric mode.
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You can accelerate in EV from stop all the way up to max EV speed of around 42mph / 65kph. Having a warm engine and a light touch if, of course, important, but I've found that air temperature is equally important. The TCH is much more reluctant to go EV when it knows the air is cool. I don't know how warm your spring has been in Regina, but once you start getting some nice 20C plus days you will find it much easier to get into EV. At 25C and higher I can even get EV to work with a cold engine (maybe 1 minute of running first). Enjoy it all you can this summer, because EV is rare in winter.
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Originally Posted by pitokhato
When ICE starts after all EV mode, I usually accelerate quickly to little more than desired speed and give up gas for fraction of second and than try to go in all EV mode. (yes, usualy Pulse and Glide technique) Is this is the only way to keep on returning to all EV mode and shut ICE off or there is a better way?
Thanks
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I've found this to be the best way to force EV mode as much as possible. The sweet spot is about 60-62kph. Trying to do it in the 40 to 50kph range and, just as often as not, the car will return to idle instead of going into EV mode.