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I bought the Volt in late June. Almost all my driving is on battery, so in Sept the car ran an EMM cycle. Now that it's colder here, the last couple weeks the car has run ERDTT on almost every time I use it. But today as I left home it again ran an EMM cycle.
Apparently the time the ICE runs in ERDTT does not register on the timer for EMM?
I suppose this is because the short ERDTT cycles are only sufficient to warm the coolant for cabin & battery heat, but not enough to thoroughly warm the engine oil to eliminate condensation, etc.
Also - it also appears that the engine is not doing much, if any, recharging during the EMM because my range guesstimate fell just like it normally does without the ICE running.
Apparently the time the ICE runs in ERDTT does not register on the timer for EMM?
I suppose this is because the short ERDTT cycles are only sufficient to warm the coolant for cabin & battery heat, but not enough to thoroughly warm the engine oil to eliminate condensation, etc.
Also - it also appears that the engine is not doing much, if any, recharging during the EMM because my range guesstimate fell just like it normally does without the ICE running.