gas engine
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Engine doesn't kicks in by itself as before
I just began my eighth year with my Clarity, and just shy of 50K miles. On its first years the IC engine would kick in almost every day even though I had it in ECON mode and I wasn't hitting the gas any harder, sometimes even standing by. I vaguely remember somebody around here saying that was... -
When does the gas engine run (other than on hard acceleration)
I'm considering buying a Clarity or a new Volt. When the Volt runs in EV mode it never runs the gas engine unless the outside temperature is -10 deg C (or 0 deg C - driver selectable). I don't know the rules for the Clarity and I'm curious. Last week it was -10 deg C and on the Clarity test...