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Originally Posted by F5506m
Comfort/Regular mode is Electric only, which is Front Wheel drive unless you are heavy with accelerator (more than 40%) or go over 75mph.
On the dash there is a blue line above the power gauge, if you go beyond (more than 40% throttle) at that point it kicks on the ICE and car becomes AWD.
You know when the ICE is on because the blue eDRIVE line above power disappears. It reappears when you are back on electric/front wheel drive again.
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On my 2018 LCI, ICE kicks in above 63mph for comfort mode.
Also, when the ICE kicks it, it isn't as far as I can tell 4WD. It's 'up to' 4WD, but most of the time it's RWD. 4WD is only presumably on kick down, slipping, or sports mode (with the blue 'e-boost' ring lit up).
It only uses the high voltage battery for torque fill - if you check the battery it'll use about 1% every 3-4 miles, it barely touches the electric motor in comfort mode when the ICE is running.