30 miles from a phev? I had a xc40 phev and it didn’t achieve 20 miles even though it said 28 miles. are you one of those guys who sits behind a lorry at 50 or drives everywhere at 20? I think 28p is more than fair enough
In case you haven’t noticed, not every PHEV is a brick, and not every PHEV has a comparatively small battery.
10.7kwh for the XC40, which is considerably less than most other mainstream PHEVs. Including hatchbacks. Peugeot 308 comes in at 12.4kwh, Golf 8 (as well as Octavia) comes in at 13kwh, A-Class comes in at 15.6kw, Sportage 13.8kwh (same as a Tucson and Outlander), RAV4 comes with 18.1kwh, the list is endless.
The XC40 simply is an SUV with a small battery (and huge wheels – not helping) – not even close to representative of ranges achievable by PHEVs. The average consumption is around 2.5-3 miles per kwh for a PHEV – around 30 miles is the average range of most PHEVs. The XC40 from the get go isn’t even advertised as capable of going 30 miles (i think they advertise it with what, 27 miles range?).
On the topic at hand, well.. was kind of obvious, really. Can’t expect electricity to stay free when it doubles and triples in price per kwh within 2ish years.
The XC40 has a 10.7kWh battery compared to the Outlander’s 13.8kWh, so it’s going to have less range. 28 is achievable, normal I would expect about 22..
That not bad, the batteries hold back 30% in reserve which give a useable 6.79 kWh charging up at Tesco Podpoint the onboard charger will restrict the charge rate to 3.6 kW in theory should take 2 hours for a full charge.
Not quite. Charge over 80% slows down significantly when the charging board starts balancing cells. That’s why manufacturers usually just give you the number of how long it takes to charge to 80% – because above that, it slows down significantly. My guess would be that 2hours is enough to bump it to 80%.
Especially if you don’t have an EV tariff, that can be significant monthly savings even for a PHEV owner.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
Next: we'll see what's available in 2028.