05-09-2020, 03:26 PM
Hi Peter did you have the self charging or the Plug in Hybrid version?
the battery on the Self charging is tiny 1.4KW its a bit better on the plug in Hybrid at 7.6 KW
The Battery on my Outlander is 13.8KW the price you pay is weight the Outlander is shaped like a brick and weighs 1.9T empty.
So its not very economic when on Petrol if you keep to the speed limits its about 38/40 MPG where as my Diesel Honda CRV was 60MPG and it was bigger inside.
The boot floor on the PHEV is raised due to the rear electric motor.
Hence my dislike of the Lexus advert there are not two sources of power there is one your ICE.
What Self charging hybrids can do is make petrol engines more efficient by taking the strain accelerating from from energy recovered when braking.
Cheers
Mike T
the battery on the Self charging is tiny 1.4KW its a bit better on the plug in Hybrid at 7.6 KW
The Battery on my Outlander is 13.8KW the price you pay is weight the Outlander is shaped like a brick and weighs 1.9T empty.
So its not very economic when on Petrol if you keep to the speed limits its about 38/40 MPG where as my Diesel Honda CRV was 60MPG and it was bigger inside.
The boot floor on the PHEV is raised due to the rear electric motor.
Hence my dislike of the Lexus advert there are not two sources of power there is one your ICE.
What Self charging hybrids can do is make petrol engines more efficient by taking the strain accelerating from from energy recovered when braking.
Cheers
Mike T
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