I bought an MG ZS hybrid+ a few days ago. So I'm very "green" in terms of some driving experience on that car. It seemed to me that sport mode could be the best choice, if we want to protect the gasoline engine and achieve better driving performance. If I understood the instructions correctly, in sport mode, the car charges the battery as a priority, so that the petrol driver always has maximum assistance from the electric motor, when he needs it. In this way, too frequent starting and stopping of the gasoline engine is avoided, especially important in cold conditions.
I've bought the exact same car, including colour, on the same date. I had until Thgursday last only covered 27 miles on flat Cheshire roads. Went away in it for a long weekend in the Cotswolds and whoa! Scary! The high revs and vibrartion when climing inclines. It frightened the pants off me. I honestly thought the drive had gone between the engine and the roadwheels. On reading these and other posts it sounds as if there is no connection between the engine and the wheels only between the electric motor and the wheels while the engine screams like hell to charger the battery up. Not impressed so far. It cost us 11p a mile to do the journey(s) which is a lot mor ethan the 6p on out MG4,
This is only true at low speeds, where the electric engine is exclusively driving the wheels and the engine comes on to charge the battery when needed - serial hybrid mode. Above a certain speed (I think the car can switch to parallel mode at above 50) both motors will drive the wheels, and at the top end the petrol engine is the usually the only source of propulsion (though that is more relevant in continental Europe with higher - or no - speed limits. Overrevving has thus different reasons, in serial mode higher power demand will lead to the engine revving high to keep the charge high (even if the generator only has 40kw, for a NA 1.5 to produce that it involves quite a few revs), whilst at higher speeds under load the not so many gears come into play. Again also partly to keep the battery topped up, especially after eral cars before PD052. FInally, especially at lower temperatures later SW versions will occaisonally rev up breifly at lower speeds to "burn free" the EGR valve if you keep using it mostly in urban driving.
I dont think its true tbh. In Sprt mode keeping the engine ready with higher revs all of the time for a quicker reaction. To ensure max power is available at any given moment. Althought this may charge the battery quicker it will cost much more (higher consumption). On the other hand Eco mode is the one to maximize usage of the battery. It will not be as agile as in Sprt mode but mimize the use of the petrol engine. hence to ultimtaley lower the consumption.
