@kezo Did you see my previous post? I’m aware that the range figure you are displaying is a combined EV and petrol range, but I had been talking about petrol range only, which is accessible in 3 places – the scrolling menus in the instrument cluster, via the PHEV menu or on the app. These all show EV and petrol range separately.
The point I was making earlier was that you can’t base any running cost calculations on stated range figures, only on costs (petrol and charging) divided by actual mileage driven. That gives a pence per mile figure and then I’m going to work that total pence per mile back into petrol price to give a true mpg comparison to an ICE car, rather than rely on the mpg in the car which is a fantasy figure with no bearing on fact (unless you never ever charge the car)!
Anyhow, my recharge has just finished. EV range now up from 7 miles to 38 miles and the petrol range has remained at 303 miles, so a total combined range (as shown in the bottom left of the instrument cluster) of 341 miles. I see what you meant about not needing to put petrol in very often 😂 I have 3 more journeys over the next 10 days that will exceed the EV only range, plus one or two that will be within it. At the end of next week I will refuel for the first time as that will be prior to the holiday, which I’m keen to do a separate calculation on.
Moving on from the running cost debate, I’m enjoying the car. It’s definitely quieter than the BMW and the tech is all amazing, if a bit distracting at times, but the safety aids help in that regard. I had a funny moment yesterday when the car wouldn’t go into gear when I started it and I couldn’t work out why, but I switched the car off, locked and unlocked it and then it worked. I’ll have to keep an eye on that, unless it was user error 🤔 The keyless locking wouldn’t work today and the car emitted a long beep, but after a few minutes head scratching I realised that it was because my wife’s handbag was in the car and it contained the other car key, so it’s obviously a fail safe system to stop you locking yourself out the car, so all good. I’m still finding the seats a bit iffy and I’m underwhelmed with the Krell ‘premium’ sound system. Glad that was standard and not a cost option. Shame we don’t get the Bose system that comes with the Tucson in other markets. The main thing is that, exterior looks aside, I’m not feeling that we’ve taken a step down from the BMW, which is a big relief.