Reply To: Hyundai Tucson Test Drive Questions

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kezo
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    Whils’t your out and about today, I’ll download Blue Link, have a play and report back later.

    I have found, once the battery range hits zero miles in the PHEV screen, its another 2 or more miles before it switch to hybrid. There was alot more traffic on the roads coming home yesterday, with speed more in the 50 to high 50mph range on 60 -70mph roads, netting me 41 miles electric.

    When driving on battery power, aircon, is powered by the 13.8kW battery, which will explain why EV range, isn’t always equal to the distance travelled. In a similar way load on the battery through sudden/heavy acceleration or going uphill will not always be equal to the range you travelled. Hence the reason I only get 34 miles locally, yet travelling home from my parents, where the roads are flatter, I can easily acheive 38 miles, at high speeds. If I use aircon to cool, its on the lowest fan speed.

    Sport mode gives maximum combined power and torque, rather than a percentage of, you see in eco EV and eco hybrid. Its highly unlikely you will ever need to use it though however, that doesn’t stop me having a dabble, as I do in any car I have. Besides, it brings up a cute little red rev counter 😂

    Enjoy you trip!