Todays journey is only 80 miles round trip so, starting with a full charge, hopefully around half the journey will be in EV, so the stated mpg in the car (although not an accurate reflection) should be stupendously high (fingers crossed).
Over the next week I have two more similar journeys and then one slightly longer trip. I’ll start each of them with a full charge so petrol usage should be quite low. I strongly suspect that the running costs on all four of those trips will be less than the BMW.
The real acid test will be our holiday in a few weeks time. That will be in the 300-400 mile range, again starting with a full battery but not charging thereafter, so most of the mileage will be on petrol. In fairness, whilst the BMW would have achieved 50 mpg there and back, the running around in between would have been closer to 40 mpg, so if the ‘true’ mpg equivalent (once the initial charge is factored in) is mid 40’s or above then I’d be very happy, as I’d be no worse off.
We don’t do as many very long journeys these days, so it may be some time before I can test out the mpg equivalent on those, but if it falls a little short of 50 mpg equivalent that won’t matter because, as you say, we will offset that on all the other trips.
On the short journeys in EV mode I’ve noticed that the electric range drops by more miles than I’ve travelled but, even allowing for that, it’s still working out at less than half the petrol cost. When I did the trip using regenerative braking it didn’t seem to add any extra EV miles. I’m going to leave it in ‘Auto 1’ today and see how that goes. Incidentally, I haven’t used the car since Sunday and it hasn’t dropped any charge (something I had wondered about), although a full charge doesn’t always show as 100% (that might be the dodgy app though).
I never used Sport mode in any of my last half a dozen cars. Two reasons. All have been powerful enough in Eco to render it pointless and secondly I don’t like the fact that it tends to hold on lower gears too long and makes for a noisy experience. I’m hoping that I won’t need to use it in the Tucson either, unless I find that in situations where I need some poke it feels lacking.
Although the app has a fault with the stated range, it has its uses. It messages me when the charge is complete. It also alerts me if I leave the car unlocked, which is a bit irritating as I tend not to lock them as they are in a secure garage! It will also notify you if a window (or the sunroof) isn’t fully closed. The main thing other than charging status that I like with the app (as with the BMW) is the ability to search for a location and ‘send’ it to the car so that when I get in the destination is already there and waiting.
