Defrosting on a hybrid

[The Real Maverick]

Pick a number. Any number in reason will do.

I'm gonna say this hybrid is 25% more fuel efficient than a comparable truck. Being 25% more fuel efficient means it is creating 25% less waste heat. Waste heat is what traditionally heats passenger compartments. There's less heat or slower heat by design. Hybrids are burning less fuel.

If an engine were 100% efficient a radiator up front would not be needed. A radiator's job is to get rid of all that waste heat. In winter, you can pull a fraction into the passenger compartment.

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[icegradner]

No really, never would have guessed.

 

[Junk]

After reading this post and the responses, I decided to see for myself. I went out to drive to Panera. It was 25 degrees with some wind. When I started the truck, the gasoline engine kicked on right away. (In warm weather, only the electric motor kicks on, with no sound at all.) So, I immediately put on HI DEFROST, which is a LOT of air, which automatically turns the temprature setting to HI on the dial. Well, there was no warm air right away, but the air did warm up after 4-5 minutes. So, I don't know about an electric heater. Also thickening the plot, OHC engines have always warmed up quicker than regular cam engines, which was always a great asset in the winter.
So, all I can tell the original poster is that the windshield will defrost pretty quickly after the Maximum Defrost button is pushed. But not instantly. Addendum: after you turn off the Maximum Defrost, you have to manually dial the temperature gauge back to where you want it, as it stays on HI.

Thanks

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