/...]When I learned the NHW11 would give me a lot of warning and revert to EV mode, it was a simple and safe process. But my wife's ZVW30 gives no warning and simply runs until the traction battery has lost too much charge. Then it puts up an "electric steering fault" warning.
I've never measured the miles and consumption from 'last pip' to 'blinking' but when it starts 'blinking', there is about 2.1 gallons of gas left.
Bob,
You say the Gen3 'gives no warning', but then you say from 'blinking' to empty is 2.1 gallons, which at 50 MPG (very conservative) gives you over 100 miles from 'blinking' to out. So I don't understand how that translates to "No Warning". As I pointed out in an earlier post, 100 miles should be plenty of distance to find a filling station.
Is 100 miles too little warning for your liking, or is there something that I'm completely missing here? I've had cars that would get about 250 miles on a tank. So being able to drive 100 miles after you're past 'empty' just doesn't seem like it would be a big issue for most people.