I bought my Kia Sorento…
I bought my Kia Sorento several months ago and this is the one thing that really bothers me. Once it started getting colder (I’m in the Seattle area too but we don’t get extreme weather) and I used the heater the EV MPG wasn’t getting what it was before. It took me a few days to figure out and realized it was once I turned the heater on, even though it says it’s in EV mode and my battery is charged it’s using gasoline and the EV MPG is going down. Lately I’ve been using the seat and steering wheel heat but even if I need to defrost the window, once I turn that on the EV stops working. If I turn it off after a minute to defrost it still doesn’t work. I have to pull over, turn off the car and turn it back on to get the EV to work properly. Do all EV/Hybrids work like this? We looked at the Volvo XC90 and I wonder if it does the same thing? Going to research that next. We are extremely unhappy and feel like Kia really misrepresented the Sorento as we bought it for the EV portion but wanted the hybrid for longer trips. As my day to day driving is short so I only plug in every few days.