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That helps, and thanks! Plan on having this car for the next 15 years hopefully. My 2005 Ford Focus with 230K still runs good, but I was looking for newer technology...

So to be clear here....use EV Mode only in the city, stop and go. And the EV auto when?...(if highway speeds and high temperatures would not be good for EV auto)? Doesn't The vehicle automatically takes advantage of plug-in charge in EV auto?

Thanks. I don't live in a cold temperature area..moderate...been 35 in mornings...61 in afternoons. I'm figuring the total charge of 8 miles is low because the previous owner (a 1 owner car) did not manage battery life or know anything about charging it. Any idea where to purchase a new battery pack.....lol?

Just bought a 2014 CMax Energi Titanium. 50k miles. Battery fully charged shows 8 miles. Since I'm new to this vehicle, I am also wondering how to handle this. I love the car, drives brand new, not a thing wrong with it. Love all the bells and whistles and getting good mpg. Maybe looking at replacing battery in 4 years or so, but can I just use it as a Hybrid alone? How long would battery last using as hybrid only? I plan on keeping the car till it falls apart regardless...:)

cr08... "1) Never drive in Auto/EV Now mode above ~50mph or so. Switch to EV Later. 2) Never use Auto/EV Now on the highway/freeway. Switch to EV Later. 3) In the winter if it is extremely cold and you use cabin heat, you may wish to start in EV Later and let the ICE do the bulk of the work to heat up the car. Once the coolant temp gets high enough that you see the climate use drop to 0, then you can drop back to Auto. You may even want to wait until the cabin reaches temp and the HVAC fan slows. The heaviest load on the battery from the climate system is trying to warm the coolant from low ambient temps. Once the ICE has done most of the work, just maintaining the coolant temp on battery is a low enough load to not be a huge issue. 4) In hotter weather especially if you live in a hotter climate like Arizona or South Florida, monitoring the battery temp is crucial. The battery is air cooled and even then it does a piss poor job at it. Even with the A/C going full blast, it makes little change in the battery temp. Once the battery temp gets above 90 or 100f, EV Later/hybrid mode should be used. The vehicle won't give you the battery temp by default, you'll need an aftermarket tool to view this either in the form of something like a ScanGauge or using a mobile app like Torque or ForScan with a cheap Bluetooth OBD dongle." Seems that EV Later is the mode to stay in the majority of the time....:)

So question is.... the only difference between the two is the Hybrid alone has a 1.4kwh battery and the Plug-in has larger 7.6kwh? However they both supply the electric motor, with the option of the plug-in able to run on that battery alone. I just bought the 2014 Plug-in Titanium model, 50kmiles. It only registers 8 miles on a full charge. 1. Though I may not be able to go the full 21 advertised miles on battery alone, I should (with a 7.6kwh battery) be able to last longer in hybrid mode than a regular hybrid and before having to buy a new battery? Or is there separate areas of charging in the battery pack...one for hybrid and one for plug-in? 2., Has regenerative breaking been recharging the battery, even when my battery is showing 0 miles? 3. Where can one purchase a new battery pack besides Ford? Greentec auto only deals in Nickle metal batteries, not Lithium.