Hi Greg! I did try that out
Hi Greg! I did try that out (cooled off the interior for a bit before we crawled into bed). Note, if you want to do this in the Kia for more than 30 mins, you have to go into the car’s settings and change the auto-off feature. By default in the US it will turn off after 30 mins (which is fine if all you want to do is “pre condition” your sleeping chamber). You can set it to 60 mins, or disable the feature entirely if you want to keep the car on. Note, my suggestion, if you are using the HVAC for heat though, would be simply to heat up the interior for a bit, then turn the car off (because the engine will run more or less continuously otherwise as the Kia uses it to produce heat). If you are only using it to cool off the vehicle, then an 30 - 60 minutes may be adequate to cool the vehicle down at night while you fall asleep. Running the AC all night long would probably consume most of a full charge otherwise, depending on whether you had it at maximum cooling. Once the battery is depleted, the car would start the gas engine for a bit to recharge the hybrid battery a little, and then shut off for a time until that charge is used up. Cheers!