Hybrids and short journeys
Discussion
NS66 said:
With such low mileage why dont they just get rid of both and get a good economical petrol car? Theres a huge premium to pay for a new/used PHEV and with the cost of electricity might be best to stay with the ICE?
That’s a fair question, and I think they’re thinking “eco” and about the grand kids… However, there’s an argument to be made for a petrol car. NS66 said:
With such low mileage why dont they just get rid of both and get a good economical petrol car? Theres a huge premium to pay for a new/used PHEV and with the cost of electricity might be best to stay with the ICE?
PHEV plus smart meter plus scheduled charging tariff (if available, can be as little as 7.5p/kWh) makes electric driving very affordable.DanL said:
Is this going to cause a problem? I’d be a bit wary of leaving a regular car just sitting around unused for months at a time, and effectively this is what they’d be doing with the engine in a hybrid… Or do hybrids monitor this stuff and run the engine regardless from time to time to keep things in good condition?
Thats a good point - I had a few Outlander PHEV's when they first came out and took one to 20000 miles with probably 19k of that just on electric. It always concerned me when batting up the motorway and switching over to petrol after 20 odd miles on a stone cold petrol engine what the long term damage might be!!See if you can get them behind the wheel of a Golf GTE. Sounds like it will fit all their requirements and be a great car besides. I ran one for 4 years and just shy of 100k miles. Didn't even need to change any brake pads. Oil change every 10k (about £60 from a trusted local indy) and then inspection service about every 25k or so (don't quote me on the latter, my memory is appalling) and most of my local journeys done in EV mode.
Evanivitch said:
PHEV plus smart meter plus scheduled charging tariff (if available, can be as little as 7.5p/kWh) makes electric driving very affordable.
That's where I am - until this week, I used the 4 hours overnight with Octopus Go to charge my House battery and the PHEV.During the day I generate around 7-15kwh of energy from solar that tops up my house and charges the car - I have to make about 4 trips of 16 miles a day and the X2 manages about 23-25 miles of pure electric driving.. it seems like a good way to go, but frankly for me it doesn't work out. I should get my Electric car next April, when the sun will hopefully be shining better and will use my Zappi more effectively but that will have (3kw/h of battery as opposed to 11!
Today I have charged it as much as I want as I still have two trips to make out this evening and I am almost out of petrol.
In March I will buy another 5.2kw battery to top up with sun over the summer, no point giving it away.. and hopefully the government will do something better on the energy we send to the grid.
_speedyellow_ said:
Evanivitch said:
PHEV plus smart meter plus scheduled charging tariff (if available, can be as little as 7.5p/kWh) makes electric driving very affordable.
That's where I am - until this week, I used the 4 hours overnight with Octopus Go to charge my House battery and the PHEV.During the day I generate around 7-15kwh of energy from solar that tops up my house and charges the car - I have to make about 4 trips of 16 miles a day and the X2 manages about 23-25 miles of pure electric driving.. it seems like a good way to go, but frankly for me it doesn't work out. I should get my Electric car next April, when the sun will hopefully be shining better and will use my Zappi more effectively but that will have (3kw/h of battery as opposed to 11!
Today I have charged it as much as I want as I still have two trips to make out this evening and I am almost out of petrol.
In March I will buy another 5.2kw battery to top up with sun over the summer, no point giving it away.. and hopefully the government will do something better on the energy we send to the grid.
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