Greetings from central New Mexico! I used the air conditioner (briefly) today. 80 degrees Farenheight this afternoon after parking in a sunny spot.

But yeah, soon I will be using the seat heater!

Yesterday I had to make a number of tiny trips, mostly between hardware stores. I noticed that parking with the hood in the sun helped keep the ICE temp up during the runs into the store. So I could cruise to the next stop without much ICE use.

Today was totally different. A warm day, but the ICE on the whole time, even when the energy flow display showed no power flow from the engine. No power flow means it wasn't charging the battery, right? So this is an emissions thing? And how is running the engine resulting in fewer emissions than not running it?

It feels as if, after two days of crawling around town, the car wanted to go for a highway run.