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The car uses ICE when the battery is too cold. At -28 C, my 45e used the ICE for the first 31 km of my trip, but the battery charge was dropping all the time. Fuel consumption was 4.9 l/100 km on a 42 km trip, so I believe the electric motor was assisting almost all the time, although the car said it was using ICE.
Battery range was reported as 33 km when the car switched to electric.
It would be interesting to know how exactly the car works in different situations. And how does the car warm the battery? Can it use the heat from the ICE to warm the battery or is discharging/charging the battery the only way to heat it up?
Is the car able to charge the battery when the car is stationary with the ICE running? For example, if a road is temporarily closed or you are waiting for a ferry, is there a risk of running out of battery?
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