Hi all
As I'm new to the Phev , I thought I would share my fuel economy and see what others are getting.
I know going forward I will probably just accept what I'm getting and have less interest, but for now I am interested in what I'm getting.
If I'm reading this right , then its looking good.
In the UK we use miles per gallon ( MPG ) but I know in Europe you use L/100km so I've used a great conversion web site ( dutchdigital) to hopefully do the conversions so we can all comment.
Looking at my accumulated totals I have the following
So I have done 298 miles ............................................ 480km
122 mpg ..................................................................................2.315 l/100km
27Kwh/100mls ( 3.7 mi /kwh) = 149 mpg .................16.777kwh/100km(5.9 km/kwh) = 1.88 l/100km
Obviously this will fluctuate the more I use the ICE. .
I try to use mainly used EV mode but last week I have used the hybrid mode , just to see what economy I get.
I drove out of rush hour , (so travelling on mainly 30-40 mph 48-64kmh roads ) and small journeys ( between 4- 10miles round trip
I saw on average 45 mpg and 33 Kwh/100mls ( may be the ICE did not really warm up until the short journeys were over hence the low MPG, but cant see a temp gauge for the ICE anywhere , how strange)
I did report when I 1st had the car I did a 50 miles round trip mixed urban and motorways and got 90MPG on that trip so not too bad.
This may be an obvious statement , but the figures do back up how you should use a Phev to get the best fuel economy, EV mode as much as possible and only the ICE when you need to, and no fear of range anxiety anywhere to be seen
The reason I am using the hybrid mode more, as the ICE will need "running in", to loosen it before I do some longer trips, or is that an old thing to do to new engines now?