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First, of course anyone should arrive with empty battery and charge from the grid. I don't understand why most folks get the advise to use "Charge button" literally to fully charge the vehicle instead of plugging it in! "Charge" is to increase the battery charge to level the user desire, "Save"...

If we talk efficiency one should ensure the engine doesn't kick not only for parking, backing up etc but for any city driving under 65km/h. Under 65/km/h the engine can work only in series mode with more losses for energy conversion.

Depends on road ahead of you... btw, why would one run the battery to 0 unless on the final leg going to charging station is mystery to me. Running down the battery doesn't have any advantages. There should be always charge in the battery left for stop and go traffic ahead, power demand as...

Since the engine works normally in Charge mode there are no problems with the engine itself. It is all on engine and battery management - control. Regular mechanic won't be able to do anything with that. How is the engine performing in Save mode? Why is one actually driving the battery to 0...

Like AndyInOz have said... why is your engine on? EV button won't directly shut the engine off, once the engine is on it has to finish its warm-up cycle at least.

It is not heating the battery. It has been confirmed, there is no battery heater in 2023 model. It is heating only indirectly because of charging discharging process.

Once you have sent the heat schedule to the car you should be able to see it on the main heat tab on the app. If it's not there the car was not able to pick it up. You can try and schedule a heating from vehicle's display to be sure it's working and the the clock is accurate. Regarding...

If in Normal, Save yours stay in parallel very good for you then and there is no difference Save or Charge but the duration of the charge-discharge cycle. In Save and Normal my stays exclusively in Series mode. Regarding your last statement "best efficiency turned out to be Normal" there is...

Well, using the engine (Charge button) to charge the battery can go up to 80% only. By plunging it in it can be charged fully 100% What the remaining miles indicator shows is just interpolation of your recent energy consumption.

Well, Save mode - same engine so Charge is not worst. The deal is in Save mode most of the time the engine stays in series mode while in Charge it stays in parallel. In Save the engine is turned on an off every few minutes, in Charge one can prolong the cycle so less engine startups. They...

Now is the time for you to say how Save is any different (more efficient) than Charge except the duration of the charge-discharge cycle!? On the highway my vehicle stays in parallel mode continuously while in Charge so... the best way to use the engine. In Save it has own mind and stays in...

First, fuel consumption in "hybrid" mode is vastly individual and depends of multiple factors. Fuel consumption should be measured in 100% parallel mode in order to be comparable from vehicle to vehicle. 7.6L/100km in speeds over 100km/h is not high consumption. Second, how did you measure the...

I am not sure that the BMU will relearn over time & distance. Maybe when it's little bit too late and the battery degrade a lot. DBCAM is not hard to do and there are few write ups that explain it step by step. It is 10 minute job beside the following full charge. Without MUT-3 it can't be done...

For sure there is a BMU reset to be done following by DBCAM. If you want to to it by yourself an OBD-II wired adapter, MUT-III soft + purchased driver need to be used. All will come to about 100usd.

It is not only to keep the cost down. Fast charging those batteries doesn't bode well with them and their state of health.

One can basically drive the cat without an engine, so no concern there even if it trows some errors. Regarding the engine it will be hard to tell over the internet some experienced mechanic should hear it.

Why would you do that reset!? It is basically telling the car you have a new battery and it is not. Like driving with half tank of gas but resetting the tank level gauge to show you have a full one. Until you do a proper battery learning capacity procedure (DBCAM) I suggest do not fully charge...

There are few steps missing in the video. After the BMU reset one have to manually enter the battery age and vehicle mileage before proceeding with DBCAM.

You can use the original driver from tactrix website. https://www.tactrix.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=38&Itemid=61 Regarding the window down during the procedure I made the same mistake. I don't remember exactly what happened after I have turn it on to close...

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