It will never blow more hot than what you have it set for. If you come from ICE vehicle that had no ability to blend air to the temperature set by driver it will usually blow as hot as coolant is providing from hot engine ( most new ICE operated vehicles will blend air and deliver only what you have set for if you have digital control.

 

All my cars since 2011 have had climate control where the temp is set. This includes another Hyundai/Kia (i10). I would expect the heating to blow hot air to get the cabin up to the required temperature, then ramp back to maintain it. Getting in the car at an ambient 7deg, with a request for 22 should require a fair bit of hot at first, but I don't get it.

 

And with "climate control," besides maintaining the temperature, shouldn't it also regulate the fan speed? I have not seen my HVAC do that. I have to push the fan button to have it go between low, medium, and high. It doesn't change by itself. Am I missing something?

 

Mine does regulate the fan OK. It's just the lack of heat... It was around 13C coming home and I had the HVAC set at 22C Auto 3. I cabin did get warm eventually. While I was queuing in traffic I tried a few things. Put the requested temp to 27C and directed to windscreen (which includes the side window vents). I had COLD air blowing out - much colder than the interior temperature at that point. Surely it should go warm/hot almost immediately with such a differential between the actual cabin temp and the request?

Can anyone tell me how the heater actually works? I really assumed that on a cold day an EV would be able to blow out toasty hot air immediately.