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Hey all, So I just borrowed my mother's 2016 ford fusion hybrid to run a quick errand (my Civic Type R is on jacks in garage upgrading motor mounts). I was driving slowly, probably all electric power, then I decided to check the HP on this bad boy, so I hit the gas pretty hard I guess. I was decently impressed with the acceleration! It was no more than 10 seconds of hard acceleration. Got to the bank, got out to use ATM with car still running. When I came back to car, I noticed I could hear the gas engine was still running and then I saw a white smoke in the light shining from the headlights. Then I saw alot of smoke at the back of the car. The smell definitely raised a red flag. Distinct strong burning smell. My guess would be transmission fluid. I seriously was worried the car was on fire somehow. That's the kind of smell I was experiencing. Jumped in, turned car off. Sat a couple minutes. Looked arond. No more smoke. Turned car back on and all was silent as it should be, with no smoke, no smell. I verrrry slowly drove back home, using electric power the whole way. What in the world could possibly be going on ????? Interesting to note here..... My mother has had it 1.5 years and she drives sssssssllllllooooooowwwwwwww ! I'm talking about, she is OBSESSED with trying to get the absolute best fuel economy any human being has ever achieved. It's like a fun game/challenge to her. I'm seriously guessing she has possibly NEVER even pressed the gas pedal enough for the gas engine to cut on. Is this why I had that experience tonight? Maybe there was no tranny fluid coating the gears ? Maybe the gas engine had no oil coverage? Maybe something had gotten gunked up after all this time of not using the engine's combustion for acceleration? Please help me try to figure this out. VERY curious what's going on. I guess I gotta tell her what happened. She, of course, is gonna blame me entirely......