I’m currently investigating plug in hybrids and so far the Kuga is by far the best. Firstly those mentioning an EV tariff for charging. Be very careful. I did the maths and the cheapest tariff on octopus 10p/41p would actually cost me more than staying on my all round 31p I’m already on if I bought a PHEV or EV. The only way an EV tariff would work for me is if I ran dishwasher etc during the night and that just isn’t viable. The Kuga has a 14.4kw battery. The Kuga petrol engine also runs on the Atkinson cycle which means is more economical that a normal engine of the same size. I’ve watched several test vids on YouTube. “Ecodriver” drove the Kuga starting with a flat battery over a mixed journey of 80 kilometres and achieved a fuel consumption of 74mpg and the car created enough of its own electric to power nearly 2 thirds of his journey. He then does a range test driving only on electric and gets a fair bit further than Fords stated range . Matt from Carwow tests the car and makes no attempt to drive in an economical matter and gets a dash states 64mpg. My current diesel Allspace barely gets 40mpg.
I would be careful of those Youtube video, it quite easy to manipulates the figures, I recorded coming back from Birmingham a journey of 38 miles over starting with a full charge 120.5mpg, a more accurate figure would be an average over a week, month or when you fill up is and taking into account an allowance for you energy use.
On the plus side several UK road test have recorded just over 52mpg on mixed driving condition on a flat battery using just the ICE unit, but remember it now becomes a hybrid not a pure petrol engine which distort the figures.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.