Engine doesn't kicks in by itself as before

[coutinpe]

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 some sort of self-maintenance thing and I took it as a natural occurrence. However, I've noticed that in the last months, maybe more than a year, the engine doesn't kick it by itself anymore like before, only when I have to hit the gas hard or when I switch to HV or HV charge modes. I didn't worry too much at first but now I'm starting to. Is this normal as the car ages? Has someone else had the same experience? Thank you.

 

[Robert_Alabama]

Mine has behaved like yours is now since it was new. Very rarely does the engine run for maintenance, maybe once every couple of months.

I'm editing this post to add:

But upon reflection, it does seem like the engine starting due to regen after battery has been fully charged has pretty much stopped for the last year or so. It used to do that multiple times a month, even if I was being very careful to try to avoid it.