@Ioniq Not true that the charging costs are miniscule in my case, and I suspect others. My costs over the last 479 miles were £40.75 petrol and £17.83 charging (multiple charges). Only by taking both into account do you get accurate running costs. To go by what the fuel computer says (which most PHEV drivers seem to do) is just kidding yourself and is not reality. Also, re petrol SUVs, I’ve just handed back a 2.0i petrol BMW X1 4WD auto that averaged 42.1 mpg over 3 years and 36,000 miles. On a run on the motorway it could easily do 50 mpg. In fact, the fuel economy was far better than the 2.0 diesel VW Tiguan that it replaced!
Actually, “most people” give both their MPG and m/kwh numbers, something you didn’t do.
In my case, i drove 1500 miles on 35 litres of fuel for an average of 214mpg. I also, in the same post, included that i consumed 14.7kwh per 100km, or a more UK friendly 4.14 miles/kwh. The only thing i can’t give you is how many miles out of the 1500 were driven in petrol. But even if i only drove 400 miles (and i know for a fact that i can do more than 400 miles on one tank, did it just last week) in petrol, then i paid £49 for petrol, and £21 for 1100 miles electric, for a total of £70 for 1500 miles. Likely less, since as i mentioned, i get further than 400 miles on one tank.
That’s all anyone needs to know. I can’t do the math for you, i don’t know what you’re paying. I can tell you that i can drive over 900 miles for £18, but that information literally doesn’t mean anything.
I can tell you that in any case, 480 miles for a total of basically £60 is awful. A Tucson should be able to drive at least 225 miles pure electric for £18. That’s assuming a below average range per recharge (i assumed around 27 miles per charge, is in reality noticeably more), and no special tariff, just the national average price per kwh. Leaves you with around 27mpg in terms of petrol. Doesn’t really add up, does it.
For reference, i paid £40 for a roundtrip to England last week (Gloucester, Bovington Tank Museum, Lyme Regis), around 400 miles, at 77mph on the motorway. That’s on a single charge, and premium fuel (Momentum).
It’s funny how much your numbers in the Tucson suck compared to the X1 numbers, which are in the like top 5% of all owners (most average around 34mpg mixed). So good in fact that you’re almost 20% better than the average, and even 5% better than the WLTP cycle given. Something doesn’t quite add up here.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
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