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I agree that we should burn some gas. I have purposely went into HV mode to help break in the gas engine.
Maybe that could be a suggestion to Lexus to see EV vs HV kms.
I wished the same thing and I asked a mechanic at Lexus about it. From the conversation we had, even if he did not explicitly said it, I understood that they don't want customer say they don't want to do their oil change or service because they have mainly been driving EV and have very low mileage on ICE. I guess it's a $$$ issue for the service department. I maybe wrong but that was my impression after my conversation... They do give a percentage of both engines use on a per trip basis when you turn off the engine but no more than that. It would have been extremely easy for Lexus to display the current mileage on EV and the one on ICE, so they must have had a good reason for not doing it... Maybe they have a secret way to know it by reading the onboard computers but just for their own service?
Regarding the break-in of the ICE, I think it will be a while before I can get 1000km of ICE usage because my trips are also within the EV range. I might do a long trip to get this done when the weather is a bit warmer.
For the cost of electricity, I am on a tiered rate. 9.8c/kWh for the first tier and 11.5c/kWh for the second one. So I think the saving is huge compared to the current gas price.
In my condo I have a flat monthly rate for 110v charging at my parking stall: Cad$25.00/month.
