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Hello Bill , still missing your pictures …..

On 7/6/2022 at 8:13 PM, Bill Dawes said:

Finally picking my UX Takumi up on Saturday!!!!!!!!!!

7 months and a couple of days.

Bill D.

Congrats Bill , hope to see some pictures soon 👍

Goodmorning Gary , it means ‘ Motorway’ 

    Thank you all guys , it has become a lot clearer to me now 

3 hours ago, ColinBarber said:

Whist the UX has an electric AC compressor to cool the cabin without needing the engine, there is no electric heater so you need the engine's waste heat. Therefore hybrids tend to see a bigger drop in economy in winter compared to a more conventional vehicle as the engine will run more often.

If you switch off the climate control you will notice the engine switches itself off (after it has done an initial warmup) but you will get cold (unless you just use seat and steering wheel heaters).

Thank you

3 hours ago, Bill Dawes said:

Johan, I am waiting for my Lexus UX but I can say on the basis of my experience with my present car, a Kia Niro, it is best to leave the car to do it's own thing, the electronics sense what needs to run at any one time although my Kia does not have an electric mode button. Hybrids are clever systems so don't worry about it too much especially at starting, everything needs to warm up at some stage anyway and milege on electric alone is not much, the purpose of the hybrid system is an IC engine with a small amount of electric backup.

Bill D.

Thank you very much

3 hours ago, Bill Dawes said:

Johan, I am waiting for my Lexus UX but I can say on the basis of my experience with my present car, a Kia Niro, it is best to leave the car to do it's own thing, the electronics sense what needs to run at any one time although my Kia does not have an electric mode button. Hybrids are clever systems so don't worry about it too much especially at starting, everything needs to warm up at some stage anyway and milege on electric alone is not much, the purpose of the hybrid system is an IC engine with a small amount of electric backup.

Bill D.

Thnxxx for your comment.

3 hours ago, NemesisUK said:

The ICE (engine) will fire up after about 5sec to warm the fluids and the cabin. One can stop this by pressing the EV mode button with the 5 seconds. Be aware though that the cabin will not be warmed without  the ICE running. EV mode will self cancel if throttle is depressed too far or the charge level drops low. Unless one is just repositioning the car in a parking space it's probably best to let the engine start and provide warm and demisting the windows.

Thank you for your comment 

Good day everyone ,

I’m from Belgium 🇧🇪. I bought a UX 250h Blackline and it will be delivered in june I hope.

Because I didn’t find an answer in Belgium I will try in this forum.

Cold start in winter , how is this working ? Does engine always starts ? (Maybe just for heating up motor ?)  Is battery-pack warming up interior ? etc. etc. etc.
 

I’m very curious  to find out ,

Thank you ,
 

Greetz from Belgium ,

Johan.