As a Ford Fusion Hybrid owner: The combustion engine runs to generate the heat, and yes gas mileage plummets. With the same driving behavior (assuming the same clean dry roads with the same traffic) I got about 8-12 MPG less in winter than in summer, on average.
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Date: 2010-12-08 03:51 pm (UTC)