I have had my TCH for about 3 weeks now and I love it. I live outside of Pittsburgh and it has been quite cold here. I have been used to the ICE motor running until the temperature gauge gets in the middle but today was different.

Today it was about 45 degrees F and I pulled out of my parking lot from work. I went about .5 miles and was stopped at a light for about 5 minutes (long light due to construction). The TCH kicked into EV mode while the temp gauge reported just over the "C" reading. I watched it while I was sitting at the light and the temp gauge went all the way down to its minimum setting (below C), but the ICE never kicked on to warm the converter or anything. I should mention that I did not have the heat on either.

I found it kind of odd since I am used to the ICE being on during the cooler temps to warm everything up. The ICE did kick in as expected when I began accelerating after the light changed.

I am certainly not complaining about not burning gas while sitting still but is this normal for the TCH when cold? I always thought the first thing the car would do was warm itself up to operating temperature before kicking into "EV".