colinE
Standard Member
Having driven from the U.K. through France into Spain and back I thought it would be useful to share our experience of MPG and battery performance. We travelled a total of 2,320 miles which included motorway, urban and rural driving.
Left home with full tank of fuel and fully charged battery drove from South Devon to Portsmouth where I recharged the battery at typical U.K. extortionate rate 80p per kWh.
Driving mostly on PHEV but selecting EV mode and experimenting by switching between the two as the battery recharged.
Recharged the battery in France on two occasions and then the last charge until we returned home was at a hotel charging point in Spain. This was the last time we charged the battery until getting home in the U.K. The highest rate per kWh was 35 cents. Obviously we filled up with petrol as needed, the cost of petrol was slightly higher than the U.K.
Topped up with petrol when home and calculated the MPG was 49.68 which I was very pleased with. On completion of our trip the battery still showed 27 miles left not having been charged since Spain the long distance motorway driving allowed the recharge system to work very well. Total recharge from the charging stations was 28 kWh.
Excellent car to drive for both these long distance sessions and short trips in around towns and villages.
Left home with full tank of fuel and fully charged battery drove from South Devon to Portsmouth where I recharged the battery at typical U.K. extortionate rate 80p per kWh.
Driving mostly on PHEV but selecting EV mode and experimenting by switching between the two as the battery recharged.
Recharged the battery in France on two occasions and then the last charge until we returned home was at a hotel charging point in Spain. This was the last time we charged the battery until getting home in the U.K. The highest rate per kWh was 35 cents. Obviously we filled up with petrol as needed, the cost of petrol was slightly higher than the U.K.
Topped up with petrol when home and calculated the MPG was 49.68 which I was very pleased with. On completion of our trip the battery still showed 27 miles left not having been charged since Spain the long distance motorway driving allowed the recharge system to work very well. Total recharge from the charging stations was 28 kWh.
Excellent car to drive for both these long distance sessions and short trips in around towns and villages.
