No ICE "Cycle" Required w/ "Warm" Power On!

Did anyone know this had changed? This is one of the very pleasant surprises to me.

I suspected something had changed, and then began to follow the Power on activity more closely. Sure enough: If you re-start a warm engine, by this I mean go from "Off" to "Ready" when the car has fully warmed, then the ICE does not need to turn on and go through its "cycle" of operation.

If I am understanding this correctly (or even anything close to correctly), then one of my pet peeves is answered! I just hated stopping at a store for 50 seconds and powering down a warm car, because at start up it would turn on the ICE and start the whole process over again. It appears all of this has changed, though I imagine we'll need more astute observations (Scangauges, etc.) to confirm.

The only "proof" I can share is that I could immediately drive away in "stealth" mode after powering on. No ICE cyclying; no need to drive and stop for 7 seconds; immediate access to electric mode (without pressing the EV Mode button).

I did this yesterday and took photos of the 1-minute and 5-minute consumption screens. You can tell I just powered the car on, because of the absence of older data on the screen. (Well, that or I sat in the car with it powered on and motionless for at least 25 minutes!)

Here are the pics:





Perhaps I've misunderstood what is happening, and I'll defer to the more knowledgeable, but I think my interpretation is correct.

 

That may be part of it, but it also seems to me there is a change in the programming of the ECUs.