Hello all,
It may be a silly question but when the car is plugged in, is the auxiliary battery (by which I mean the battery used to start the combustion engine) also charged?
I ask because I'm looking for a new-to-me car, and it seems that a used GLE 500 e would be a good choice, primarily because of the odd-ish way I use a car. This includes the car being left for up to a couple of months without being driven. During this time there's no problem with it being on charge but having read that some (or all?) PHEVs use the ICE to drive the car initially (so that it is warmed up in preparation for any use under greater load/high speed), it occurred to me that I could find myself with a plugged in car that won't start due to a flat battery!
Any help from owners or the technically knowledgeable will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Steve
It may be a silly question but when the car is plugged in, is the auxiliary battery (by which I mean the battery used to start the combustion engine) also charged?
I ask because I'm looking for a new-to-me car, and it seems that a used GLE 500 e would be a good choice, primarily because of the odd-ish way I use a car. This includes the car being left for up to a couple of months without being driven. During this time there's no problem with it being on charge but having read that some (or all?) PHEVs use the ICE to drive the car initially (so that it is warmed up in preparation for any use under greater load/high speed), it occurred to me that I could find myself with a plugged in car that won't start due to a flat battery!
Any help from owners or the technically knowledgeable will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Steve