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You know, this would be better answered in the Energi Forum. This forum is for the hybrid. It sounds like an electronic heat regulator has gone south. A dealer visit is advisable.

The worst mileage I've gotten is about 32, on a 250 mile uphill run over the continental divide in Arizona. That was unusual, but it was mostly uphill. At 80, I generally get 36 MPG over the 800 mile trip from LA to Albuquerque.

2016 has the rear glass deflectors as well.

How often did you rotate the tires?

In my case, they made it worth my while. I would never have been able to get the tax rebate on my own - that was a major factor. That was the main point of my post, responding to a post about not being able to claim the tax rebate. Mine was a complicated deal. I had to turn in my former lease 6 months early - the miles were really weighing on my mind, and now they don't. But they gave me 12K off in rebates, and also covered 1/2 of the lease turn in fees. I considered buying out the lease immediately, but it is much better to finish the lease and then buy - about 30 bucks per month better. So I didn't finance it. You are correct, all things being equal, it is generally better to buy. EDIT: There is one other factor - with a lease at this residual, I can walk away from the car if it turns out bad. I don't think it will; my 2016 Energi is a nicer drive and just seems all around better than my 2014 was.

Unless you lease. Then the money comes off the purchase price. I'm leasing my 2016 for three years, then buying it on a three year load. Actually cheaper than buying it out right.

Make sure you use a good quality USB stick. I had one that didn't work. It got part way and then hung up. I switched sticks and it worked fine.

You can change the title, go into advanced edit.

You know, that was a direct cut and paste, but I was in a hurry and didn't put in the URL. So of course I can't find it now.

Not sure where the information on a 2018 C-Max came from, here is what I found: Ford will stop selling the C-Max in the U.S. after production ends at Michigan Assembly Plant in 2018, with the Model E effectively fulfilling its role.

10 years / 150K miles for cars sold in CARB states, like here in CA.

The only thing I can think of on the CR-V was that he was on a slight slope when he refilled at the end of the trip, that would have shown less gas used. I had a 2003 and it got about 26 on the highway. 45 is actually very good for highway, I suspect that bumper traffic helped a lot. On my Energi I am lucky to get 40 on most routes. At 80 MPH it gets about 37. But most of my driving has been at 70. Keeping it at 65 will help a lot.

I could never handle the rough ride of a Mini. And somehow, they just seem so small... EDIT: I just looked up the weight. They current ones go up to 3700 lbs. Thats a lot of metal to get up to speed.

I can think of two reasons: 1. Your phone will receive power. 2. A USB connection is faster.

Energi owner here. The Energi uses the same heating loop, but when in EV mode, it uses electric to heat the fluid. Once it gets to ICE mode, it uses the same loop, but heated by the engine. When in EV mode, the temperature gauge shows the loop temperature. It reduces range by about 1/4 or so, similar to the electric A/C.

White smoke is generally a sign of engine seal leakage. If it continues, take it back, you may have blown and engine seal.

Just a question. The federal rebate on electric cars expires at 200K units. How close is Chevy to reaching that? The Volt has been in production several years. Nevermind, just looked it up. They just crossed 100K sales this year. So the rebate is still valid.

That one is the same for Energi and Hybrid. It is the number of actual miles driven in EV, that is, no ICE. The Energi has other considerations, which aren't important here.

Sounds exactly right. On the hybrid, Ford periodically needs to determine the actual capacity of the HVB, so it can adjust how much it can actually handle when driving. They use a % of maximum SOC, and maximum SOC will degrade over time with any battery.

Yes, as well as the 12v battery. The HVB is one big battery, not divided. When you go to EV Later, it "reserves" a portion of the HVB with the same amount of KWh as the standard Hybrid - at whatever level the HVB happens to be. Another thing it does while plugged in is that it balances the battery cells. I don't know if it has been reported for the C-Max, but my Escape Hybrid use to go into a state where it charged up to around 90% SOC, then discharged to 30%. This was to allow the computer to determine the current capability of the HVB. It happened three times in the 80K I had my FEH. EDIT: now that I think of it, I think it went to 30%, then up to 90%, then back to normal. It has been a couple of years... Not sure if that is still happening with the C-Max hybrid - it would not be necessary with the Energy, because it can determine the charge levels easily any time it wants. If it happens on the road you probably wouldn't notice it. It was quite obvious when monitoring the FEH with a ScanGuage II on city streets.

Just a note. The 2017 C-Max Energi apparently is going to have the capability of passenger electric seats, along with a few other changes.

Well, how about this to consider. If the insurance company finds out you had a non-standard seat installed, they may refuse your claim, or not cover part of the repair or personal injury. You could sue them, but the case would not be strong. There are some things I don't mess around with, one of which is the safety systems. I consider the seat, with its custom design for the car, and airbag configuration (especially when they are in the seat itself) and even how the seat belt fits, to be a critical safety system. At a very basic level, to me it isn't worth risking any potential injury, regardless of how small the risk appears to the eye. Ford carefully designs the entire system as a whole, and crash testing is done on only that configuration. I agree it could probably work. But I would not wire up those airbags - and the car most likely will post an airbag alarm if you don't, or perhaps it senses certain characteristics of the airbags. I don't know. But I personally would not risk it.

Wow, the hybrid sales are down 41% year over year! No surprise they are considering ending it.

Just a note for Hybrid users (ignore if you are not interested in the Energi). The EV button has nothing to do with EV+. Other than turning the entire capability off, there is no control over EV+. The EV button is used to switch between EV Later (identical to the C-Max Hybrid), EV Now (electric only while the battery lasts), and EV Auto (uses the HVB primarily, and is the default mode once you've used up the EV portion of the battery). Many folks never use EV Now, since EV Auto will have the same functionality until the HVB is depleted. On the highway, EV Later is recommended, because running EV above 40 MPH really drains the battery. I'm interested because EV+ is one tool I use and consider when I try and get home with zero HVB, but not to have used the gas engine yet. This is the goal of Energi driving - use up as much HVB as possible, but don't use the ICE if you can avoid it. From what I've read, the C-Max Hybrid will attempt to use EV when it can. It is just that the battery is so much smaller.

The engine runs in the Hybrid because of EPA rules. It has to warm up the catalytic converter.