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So, you could have avoided the accident(s) but chose not to because it was your "way of right"??

My 2019 RC is one generation behind the UX. My previous RC (pre-facelift 2016 model) was even less able in EV mode but I believe Lexus upgraded the hybrid control system between the two models, there is a marked improvement (higher speed/acceleration, longer running, easier cold running) in the newer model but they behave basically the same. I remember driving a UX when mine was in for service and noted the higher speeds and higher acceleration available in EV mode.

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Page 260 of the online owner's handbook details EV mode. If it's anything like my RC300H then speed must be below 20-25mph and on a very light throttle, the slightest incline will cancel the mode. Range is also limited, perhaps 300m cold and 1-2km warm (traction battery temp) I only use the EV mode to silently pull out of my drive in the early mornings and then the EV button must be pressed before the petrol engine fires, perhaps 5-10sec after READY. I've not found a/c settings make any difference, the engine will fire up to provide cabin warmth, this doesn't always cancel EV mode. I've seen the energy monitor show only the traction battery driving the wheels even when the engine is running, this doesn't last long though! It must be remembered the Lexus hybrid is not designed as an electric drive optimised vehicle, more a Stop-Start system on steroids.

I'm guessing you have the UX250h variant? In which case the EV will try and force the car into electric only mode but excessive throttle will cancel it, excessive speed will cancel it, low traction battery charge will cancel it, or not allow it at all..

Don't fit a dash cam, they are accident magnets.... 😉

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Can you see anything hanging under the car?

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A neighbour must have these as his home looks like a discotheque some evenings, different colour lights on in different rooms!

Not forgetting there is a transmission locking pawl that engages when Park is selected? I rarely used the foot operated parking brake in winter and can feel the car roll forward or backward until the pawl engages. This is on completion of a journey and when the car is warm and charged, so the engine is off. When starting off cold the engine doesn't immediately fire up and unless one is de-icing the screen the car is already moving. The occasions one might actually have the engine fire up when stopped without the brakes applied (or the transmission pawl engaged) must be fairly rare?

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More on MG1 and MG2 HYBRID TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DETAILS MG1 AND MG2.pdf

Anything in these Lexus EU tech docs shed light? Hybrid Control System Description.pdf HYBRID TRANSMISSION SYSTEM DETAILS POWER SPLIT PLANETARY GEAR.pdf

I would say much more a cultural thing, IMHO. I have worked with a number of Japanese companies and each and everyone of their teams would take extreme pride in the work done. There was never any of this "someone will sort that" or "that's not our job". Visited Japan a couple of years back (vacation) and was mightily impressed with how everyone undertook their jobs. Refuse trucks spotlessly clean and polished. Even those in what might be considered lowly jobs, took obvious pride in both their work and appearance, construction workers in clean and pressed overalls ... The only country I've visited where I've felt totally at ease and very safe. Even wandering around Tokyo and Kyoto in the early hours..

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