@Glos_Guy please don’t take this as a dig. Driving with Regen is a new skill. Once learnt it’s a part of driving that’s as second nature as changing your speed of acceleration. Currently the accelerator is a pedal which just adjusts the speed of going quicker. If you change that thought process you get this: There’s a point where pressing the accelerator is a neutral place, not accelerating nor decelerating. That’s where you coast. Above that, regen kicks in and you slow down (how quickly depends upon degree of regen selected) below that you gain speed. From stop pressing the accelerator a little harder than you currently would gives you a ‘normal’ acceleration. Once going you can hold the pedal for a constant speed, lift it slightly to slow and a little more to coast. Lift it further and you slow quicker and (depending upon level selected) lifting your foot entirely is like braking. To brake harder you can then use the brake pedal. As I have said before, it’s a different way of driving that takes some getting used to but, once you’re there, it’s an easier way of driving. From outside the car I’m driving perfectly normally, I can slow for corners, coast up to junctions and decelerate with the traffic, it’s just that I’ve not touched the brake pedal in doing so. Again, I’m not trying to offend, nor teach granny any egg sucking. I’m just hope that this helps someone get their head around the difference.
Changing from a diesel Ford Kuga diesel power shift to a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV took some getting used to the Outlander was incredibly quiet and smooth in electric, however I was starting to have some reservation, I was comparing driving the Kuga to the Outlander, it took a little while to get the best out of the Outlander,(I would never go back once I mastered the PHEV).
After we had the Outlander for a few week they lifted the lockdown, we hitched up the caravan and towed down to the New Forest 178 miles, towing we averaged 26mpg, later on in the year September we again towed back down to the New Forest 178 miles, but this time we achieved 32mpg, from then on we would regularly see around the 32mpg mark towing.(we run in petrol/hybrid mode)
We are now on our second PHEV a Suzuki Across the hybrid powertrain system is much more advanced than the outdated Outlander hybrid powertrain we are seeing nearer the 40mpg towing.
Unfortunately I have suffered a brain injury and occasionally I get confused and often say the wrong thing.