August 30, 2024 at 8:37 pm
#287670
Just to give an example of what I was saying about the mpg shown in a PHEV being a completely false figure, I’ve just filled up our Tucson PHEV after 479 miles over 2 weeks. The fuel computer shows the mpg over those 479 miles as being 72.7mpg, but this is nonsense as it assumes that all miles driven on electric are free. Once charging costs are taken into account and the total cost (petrol plus charging costs) is equated to petrol only (so as to give a true reflection of mpg in comparison to an ICE car) the ‘real’ figure is 51.3mpg. A very big difference. @kezo I’ll show the workings out on the Tucson thread.