PHEV with occassional charging

palimad · 02-06-2024, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by boupas

I also went for the 30e since the taxes are way lower here for plug-in hybrids compared to regular gas cars. Did some digging and figured even if you charge it now and then, it's still pretty good on fuel and doesn't slack on performance. If you use the "maintain battery level" setting, you're always ready to zoom, but yeah, it'll munch a bit more fuel.

Do you have to switch to maintain battery everytime you start the car
or it remembers the settings? Also what is your consumption? Thanks!

MontyB1 · 02-07-2024, 03:26 AM

Maintain has to be selected each time you want to maintain the charge in the vehicle. We do it ONLY on longer journeys or longer motorway two way trips so we have EV for around time and the start / Middle / end of the journey.

The other way to help the car is to put the entire route into the sat nav back to where you start if that is what you are doing. The car then decides itself when to use ICE or EV to get the most efficient journey. I works pretty well, it leaves you with charge to use them a slower 30mph and around town that it can use most efficiently.

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MontyB1 Lieutenant Colonel 1638 Rep 1,991 Posts Drives: BMW X3 Join Date: Nov 2021 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Maintain has to be selected each time you want to maintain the charge in the vehicle. We do it ONLY on longer journeys or longer motorway two way trips so we have EV for around time and the start / Middle / end of the journey. The other way to help the car is to put the entire route into the sat nav back to where you start if that is what you are doing. The car then decides itself when to use ICE or EV to get the most efficient journey. I works pretty well, it leaves you with charge to use them a slower 30mph and around town that it can use most efficiently.
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