@Glos-Guy 24-34mpg – 34-44mpg depending on how and where you drive. I have had rubbish economy up and down visititing my dad, where charging is least on my mind.
Hi @kezo I have concluded my experiment today of running the car on petrol only for a period with no charging whatsoever, to see how bad the mpg gets. Over 11 days and 266 miles it averaged 33.0 mpg (the computer said 33.3 mpg but the 33 mpg is based on petrol tank full to full)
Whilst poor, this is better than I feared it might be, given that I’ve had 2 long journeys (217 mile round trips) recently where I started with a full charge and still only averaged a true mpg equivalent of 34.5 and 38.8 mpg, albeit both these journeys had prolonged bursts at 80+mph 😂 .
I’m glad I’ve tried this, but will be glad to get back to running the car in EV mode for 35 miles or so of each journey again. The BMW engine was near silent, but when the revs rose it sounded lovely. Sadly the same can’t be said of the Tucson, as the engine is louder and doesn’t sound anywhere near as good 😂 The only positive aspect is that, for the first and only time, the fuel computer has been giving an accurate reading of the economy!
Hopefully, now that I’m back to charging, my real (ICE equivalent) mpg will get back to the near 50 mpg that I was getting before (which, I think, is similar to you, given that you work out your true mpg the same way as me and one or two other members do), although it will be interesting to see what impact the colder weather has on the 35+ mile EV range.