Ehc warmup notification

[0016]As alluded to above, situations may arise where a load demand occurs / is received before an EHC has reached its light-off temperature, during which harmful emissions can still be produced by a vehicle's internal combustion engine. Thus, while the EHC may be an improvement over the traditional catalytic converter, there are ways to achieve greater EHC efficiency that have yet to be taken advantage of. Accordingly, embodiments of the technology disclosed herein are directed towards systems and methods for providing a driver with (1) a notification related to the operation of an EHC in a vehicle, and (2) a function to bypass a vehicle operation holdback function implemented because the EHC is in an inefficient operating state (i.e. anytime EHC energization is incomplete). Incomplete energization can refer to a state / condition whereby the catalyst cannot achieve the target temperature prior to the engine starting. That is, various embodiments can provide EHC assistance during vehic...