Thanks @Rene That does indeed make a lot of sense to me. Most of our local journeys are around 30 miles round trip maximum, albeit a lot of that is motorway. On that basis, the electric only range on the Tucson should be just about sufficient to run in EV mode for the majority (if not all) of the trip, whereas the Tiguan’s extra capacity could be superfluous.
I’ve never driven a PHEV, so I don’t know whether I would prefer to drive in EV mode as far as I can from the off, or whether I’d just leave it in auto (hybrid) mode and let the car decide when to use the battery and when to use the engine. Am I correct in thinking that it’s much cheaper to do the former, even though I’m on a standard electric tariff?
I don’t intend to fit a charger, so would be charging via a 3-pin plug as there is always time to do that between journeys, and I can do this under cover in our garage.