My exact point, is soo nice, but misses the EV point, i do a lot of small commutes 3-10km, and work-home is 15km, so up to 5 km on petrol each way seems to defy it's purpose.
also looking at cupra formentor & seat leon which both has electric heatpump so all drives can be done EV. both fine vehicles but much more expensive if you want a decent level of kit, and even then the HS interior is still nicer. the actual drive is more or less on par, except for the heavy gear lag in HS EV mode.
Hi Jabo
yes its a minefield to work out exactly what you want from a car and what you are prepared to compromise on and cost of the car.
The MG , Cupra formentor ( plug in hybrid ) both get 32 miles on EV ( 52 km) and seat leon phev apparently 40 miles ,(64km) but a test I read said the max they got was 28 miles (45km).
If you do more range every day than the full range of the EV range ( irrespective of what car) , then a phev may not be your ideal car.
It will mean charging every time you get home , ready for the next day.
Here in the UK petrol is £1.25 a litre which is £5.63 a gallon.
I am on a night cheap rate for my electricity and it costs 71p to fully charge from 0 to 32 miles (52km)
So if I try to find out how much that is per gallon , here in the UK it ( £5.63 / .71) to see how many full charges I can get for the price of a gallon of petrol ,(7.9) then x 32 miles = 253 miles
So in theory just charging on electric and using it in EV mode is the equivalent of a car getting 253 miles per gallon. ( 1.11 l/100km)
Obviously once the EV runs out and ICE kicks in, then the miles per gallon ( l/100km) gets worse , and the greater the distance on ICE the worse this figure gets.
If you read some of the other threads you will see of how many miles per gallon I get on longer journeys , and I personally think for a big SUV the figures are acceptable, but you may not.
You may have to do a similar calculation yourself , to help you decide if a phev is the way to go.
If not, you may want to go full EV with all the different issues that may bring up .
Good luck in your decision