I leave mine in Auto mode regardless of journey, however my advice is do as I did and play about with the modes till you find what suits your journey’s best.
On my return home Sunday, I was paying particular attention to the EV range and the battery percentage in the PHEV section on the infotainment screen. The pictures show electric range @12% battery shown in the infotainment settings. Few seconds after the 2nd picture the car switched to hybrid.
I also managed to get this on the way up, which shows through regen braking etc has sufficiently recharged the to 15-17%, enabling the car to come out of hybrid mode and back into electric. At other times the car will stay in hybrid but light up the EV light and drive for a shorter distance in electric, like a full hybrid does, as you can see in the second picture, as I was in town 3 miles from home.
Given the Tucson has a AC charge rate of 7.2kW, It would be pontless parking up and paying the rates for a 150kW DC charger. However, if you can park on a carpark that has 7kW & 22kW AC chargers and the rates aren’t too disimilar to what you pay at home or no more expensive than @Oscarmax suggests, then it might be worth getting your Type 2 cable out and charging whils’t you walk around. ZAP map might be worth looking at before you go to see if there are any such chargers near or at where you normally park.
A couple of pic of Tut-Ton climbing up over the Brecon Beacons 🙂
