Hej Guys!
I got my new kia optima PHEV SW this week. Was wondering is it worth to turn on the bränslevärmare during the winter for taking a short ride, ca. 5 km. Coz it depletes the small battery in the winter which would not charge, unless the bensin generator is on. For short rides, the eV mode is on which means the small battery is not charging?
COuld anyone comment on this?

I have read that if you have your heater in 10 minutes, you should drive the car for at least 10 minutes to charge the battery again.
Now the engine is not running all the time while driving in the cold, so that's not a good idea.
Ask your car dealer if he knows how it works with charging the small battery when you charge the car.
There is a box in the menus to check if you want the small battery charged with the big battery.

Nannes skrev:There is a box in the menus to check if you want the small battery charged with the big battery.

Where is this box? I haven't seen it.

It is in a menu that you handle from the wheel.
Do not remember where it is but I'll check when I'm going out. It does not work so you can run the heater all the time, but it helps to charge the small battery sometimes.

It is in the Settings menu, Other settings. There is a box to tick in.
Something about battery safe operation or similar.