Hybrid News

I’ve noticed two interesting things in the last few months which I don’t recall noticing before. I’m wondering if they’re side effects to the harness "voluntary service" with the "reprogrammed" software, or if they happen, and I just never noticed, or don’t remember noticing before (Remember, this is really only for the older FEHs out there):

1. ICE off with a Red. Yeah, this is pretty odd. A few weeks ago, I was running the defroster on my way home, a nice near freezing night in MI, with some light snow, and slowing at a light, the ICE drops off, like in normal operation and is off for the duration of the light. I’d gone about 12 miles of a 25 mile trip, and it had been parked outside for the last several hours, accumulating snow and ice on it during that time. I was astonished, as I double checked, I was in a red, and the defroster was working when the ICE was on, but dropped off when the ICE stopped.

2. More Friction Braking. This one may just be a side note to again, cold operations. I’ve noticed that again, here in freezing MI (not so much lately, but earlier in Jan/Feb) that during the warm up operations, I don’t get as much regen as I recall getting, which as memory serves, was always a trickle and any more would be shunted to the ICE as bleedoff until the battery was warmer. Or, if I am getting regen, it’s not showing up on the power display or on the C/A meter. Once it’s warmed enough, it stops doing this, and operates as I recall it does. However, during warm up, it seems like I’m using friction brakes quite a bit more then I recall it doing so in the past.