Still deciding on what to order next month. This thread has been helpful in what to expect in the sister PHEV (Sportage) that I probably will be ordering. But, reading through Sportage forums, they only mention using HEV and EV modes, seems like they don’t seem to use Auto. Frustrating that the only car that seems to tick all the boxes is the Sportage. But it’s the first time I feel deflated, rather than excited, when choosing my next car. I’m tempted to wait and see what next quarter brings, but I fear that it will still be the Sportage and with it’s current “low” AP of £2,799, I expect it to rise. My preferred choice would be the Volvo V60, but my wife isn’t confident in parking and manoeuvring in small areas. Plus mpg will be very poor on short trips, which is 85% of our journeys.
Auto mode, leaves the car to decide either EV mode or HEV mode.
On paper the Sportage has a better (nonsense) claimed efficiency figures of 252mpg vs the Tucsons 201.8mpg. The difference is the the Sportage is quoted to travel 44 miles vs 39 miles on EV.
In a more realistic world 75% of my monthly driving is local and as long, as I charge it, its very economical as you’d be able to cover say 40 miles for £2.70 on a standard tariff or if you choose a 2 rate tariff like Eon next drive or Octopus, you can cover those miles from as litte, as a £1
In a month, I do a guaranteed 400 miles local driving , I generally get 38 miles using regen, which costs about £10.50 with my night tariff. Once a month, I travel to see family, which is roughly a 360 mile round trip costs £41.50 (£5.90 gallon) based on charging one leg of the journey. Therefore my local journeys offset, the trip visiting family. I suspect by what you have said, you won’t do regular distance trips and will easily run the Sportage far more economically than me.
To further highlight this, I recently bought a Rover 75 and have been useing that the last couple of months visiting family, making sure all is ok, leaving the Tucson to do the local work ferrying daughter, covering 700miles for less than £20.