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    Newish Owner

    Guys, You are going to confuse yourself. The term destination charger is nonsense. Just call a charger a charger it does not matter whether you are coming or going it's just a charger. So what point am I trying to make. Chargers are either AC or DC. AC chargers include your granny charger...
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    Urban Hybrid Management

    Hi, I don't have the Hybrid but the settings you mention MUST affect when the ICE kicks in to keep the battery charged and it will NOT be based on the vehicle speed but the state of the battery so any time the battery gets below the stated level depending on which setting you have the ICE will...
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    To phev or not to phev - well to phev is the answer for me

    Well, strike me down with a wet floppy fish. Obviously the MG HS Hybrid is pretty well advanced compared to some others, if indeed it does as it says on the manual on long trips you will still have some battery power to draw on especially when showing up some boy racer at the lights. Happy...
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    To phev or not to phev - well to phev is the answer for me

    What is a hybrid? Commonly called hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), as the definition above suggests, a hybrid car is simply one that relies on two different power sources for motion. The two different power sources are typically petrol and electricity (most common in the US) and diesel and...
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    To phev or not to phev - well to phev is the answer for me

    Henri8, Strange, by definition Plug In Hybrids do NOT receive any charge from the engine but from an external source. Also if it does receive a charge from the engine it will be very small and I would not think it would actually manage to charge the battery from empty to full no matter how far...
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    To phev or not to phev - well to phev is the answer for me

    Hi Henri8, Sorry, a Plug In Hybrid does NOT get charged by the engine, you have to plug it in to a external charging source. There are other Hybrids called self charging Hybrids that do receive a charge from the Petrol/Diesel Engine but they are just an aide to make the Petrol/Diesel more...
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    To phev or not to phev - well to phev is the answer for me

    Hi, If you actually do go away a lot to remote areas and you know (I mean actually know not just think) there are very few chargers then a BEV or Plug in Hybrid are not for you in my opinion. Some points to consider:- a. ANY plug in Hybrid once the small battery is depleted is just a...
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