Reply To: Ford Kuga 2020 PHEV best hybrid yet?

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gothitjulie
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    I understand that, but I don’t think PHEVs are suitable for anything other than slow charging at home. It’s a double compromise, first carrying around an extra engine (petrol engine + electric motor), then carrying around a heavy extra battery pack too, I understand the hybrid concept & it does indeed give better fuel consumption to a petrol engine, but then to add more weight leaves it gasping as it struggles to pull the load around which costs even more in fuel. PHEVs can work if your commute is under 15 miles each way, I get that, but for anything longer they don’t make good sense.

    Also the cost of the KUGA PHEV, it’s almost into Tesla Model 3 territory, the gap is narrowing with the extra expense of these extra gadgets & the markets are not going to be kind to the KUGA PHEV within just a few years now, it made sense 10 years ago.

     

    With MG looking at releasing perhaps a 65kW/h MG ZS EV in 2022, a car similar in size to the KUGA, it’s looking like curtains for Ford.