It will show 29 miles remaining on electric if you shut off the AC. Mine does the same thing.

Using "Driver Only" on the AC will make a difference on the miles you get but not on the displayed number. The miles remaining is an estimate so you'll sometimes drive for a bit on 0.

The heated seats doesn't seem to change the number. Any real heat will start the engine, something to keep in mind.

The car is very very complicated. I'm still trying to figure out a lot of things myself.

 

Got it. I'm in the South, in August, so the AC is just ON. I'll check that tonight as I drive home. Hopefully, that's the culprit. I just hate nothing more than feeling like I got swindled.

 

I think the VIN is the best indication of model year you can get.

That range display is just an estimate anyway, and will vary a lot. Just in the past couple weeks my 2019 PHEV has shown anywhere from 26 to 29 electric miles on a full battery. It'll likely be even less in winter.

Think of the 29 as a maximum, not a guarantee, similar to the proclaimed gas mileage of a non-plugin car.

 

Rfunk, I totally understand what you're saying about the battery, although the indicator bar is there on the right, I'd rather the range to just be shown as a percentage. But that's the reason it took me so long (2 weeks?) to look into why it was showing 27 instead of 29. All it was was an indicator to me that something's amiss.

At this point, I'm just trying to figure out if I was tricked. Per Michigan, I'll check tonight and see if turning off the AC changes the number. Hopefully it will.

 

I do believe the 10th digit of the VIN will tell you what year your car was manufactured. Well at least in North America.

Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN codes)/Model year - Wikibooks, open books for an open world

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Good looking out, Dog Trainer, it's definitely a K in the 10th position (And I remember specifically looking to see the manufacture date was 2019 when we checked the OEM sticker). Things are looking like I was just mistaken.

 

I say blame it on the Guess-o-meter!

I left for work this morning showing 608 miles left, got to work and I had 601 miles left, I live 20+ miles from work.

 

@Michigan19 was correct, turning off the AC immediately bumped this number from 27 to 29 miles.

 

I am wondering if others have been able to extend the electric only range. With some attentive driving, I have been able to regularly get 33-35 miles per charge. Has anyone else been able to donthis?

 

Yes, it depends on the temperature, driving style, etc but I find that to be normal.

 

~34 is my normal EV range