Today's hybrid nugget

[forgotten_aria]

Found out that at least in my hybrid, it will turn on the gas engine to warm up if the cabin needs to be heated. This means very short trips in the winter time have the side effect of destroying gas mileage, because it will fill the battery and waste some of the gas engine.

Comments

[chenoameg.livejournal.com]

Yeah, mine too.

[eub.livejournal.com]

Huh. I guess the whole thing would work better for non-warm-blooded drivers.

[sauergeek.livejournal.com]

But then you'd need the cabin to be extra warm, so you can take the necessary heat from your environment.

[eub.livejournal.com]

I should really have said poikilothermic drivers.