Last Thursday, I had to make a dash home, as my father had taken a turn for the worse and was admitted to hospital. I won’t go into the details now however, at the time of looking for a new car, I contenplated a BEV but, on my mind at the time was always what if I need to make, what I called an emergency trip. In hindsight, this trip proved I was right at the time not to go BEV.
The Tucson handled amicably at speeds perhaps too fast for the road condtiions such as flooded roads and heavy snow fall that quickly started to stick half way there. As you have pointed out previously, the matrix lights are actually pretty good.
Economy however, is another story. The car was filled to the brim with petrol the night before, as I do when it reache’s quarter full or was it sixth sense I don’t know. Anyhow, I normally return from this journey with somewhere just below quarter full, yet this time, I returned on fumes with just 17 miles remaining. I left with around 75% battery, so Ill gustimate that as £1.75 worth and I’m only just charging again now.
Total cost £48.49 + £1.75 (£1.307 l) over 346 miles = 40.9mpg / 14.5ppm Crap!
If I’m honest, I was expecting at least 50mpg on journeys outside battery range.