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I know this has probably been covered a lot, but what was the original battery capacity in miles (very subjective I understand) for a 2013 energi? I bought mine 4 years ago with 60000 miles on it and now have 117000. About 43000 are EV miles and around 4200 are regenerative. Seemed like when I first got the car it got around 21-22 miles on a charge in summer and maybe 15-16 in winter. This past year it has been 10 or so in winter and around 15 in warm weather. So the other day I decided to charge it up and as soon as I pulled out I switched to EV later. I drove around town and used the regenerative braking to hopefully break through any old barriers there might have been in the battery pack. I did this for 3 straight days (I retired, I can do this). Anyway, after th first day I noticed a jump to around 16, then the next day to 17, and now after another day or 2 I got a reading of 19 when I started to drive. So i took a long drive and drained the battery and it just finished charging. I will be curious if it is back up around 18-19. Hoping so.

Pulled into a parking lot in small NW Ohio town in our gray 2013 energi and across the parking lot there was another gray cmax - not an energi but still.

Hi Mike from Ohio here. I just got my letter from the DMV to renew my plates on my 2013 energi. In Ohio it is around $45 for most cars for a year. A standard CMax gets charges an additional $100 gas tax surcharge and the Energi gets a $200 surcharge. This is crazy. The gas tax in Ohio was 32.5 cents per gallon. When they upped it 6cents per gallon this past year they decided hybrids had to pay a WHOLE LOT MORE> I dont really know how much more I am paying but since I only get 18 miles on a charge nowadays and average around 43mpg total, I feel like I am paying the state an extra 150-180 more in the surcharge than what I should be if I was just paying the normal 6 cent increase like everyone else. I am retired and drive about 5000 miles per year which makes it sting in more. Have other states done this to CMax owners as well? If so what are the surcharges you pay? I see that ALEC (funded by the Koch Brothers) was behind the writing of the legislation, and if it hasn’t hit your state yet, just wait for it.

I was having the problem of the audio system not responding so i pulled the 5amp fuse #69. When I went to put it back in the connectors were no longer in the fuse lot. The fuse just slid in Nd didnt connect to anything. Dont know what to do next. Am a bit concerned.