In the evening commute home, I have a stretch of about 5 miles (8 km) on flat and level streets that I can hold 28-30 miles per hour (45-48 km/hr) using cruise control. This is well after warming up the ICE and putting a good charge on the battery due to a decrease in altitude after leaving work. When the temperatures are below ~50F (10C), I can watch the coolant temperature fall off when running on battery. It becomes significantly more rapid as temperatures approach or fall below 32F (0C.) On those rare evenings I'll take the limited access, 50 miles per hour (80 km/hr) lanes since the ICE will soon run just to keep the coolant above 60C.

Bob Wilson

Operation Iraqi Oil Freedom:

Automatic, stock, project car.

My other 1500 cc car:

Automatic, stock, backup car.
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