Question about maximum range of C350e
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Hi guys,
I've been looking at a new motor for work (company car scheme) and I'm swaying between a few different models.
My main issue is that we do a lot of miles - in excess of 150 miles a day - mostly motorway driving. I was looking at the C350e, and while I can see the maximum range the battery for battery only, but I'm struggling to find real world information on how this would translate to long journeys, bearing in mind I'm probably not going to have a charging point at my destination.
Does anybody have any information on this? Would the battery simply charge from the combustion engine while I'm driving on the motorway? If not, when am I likely to see the battery subside? This is likely to have quite an impact on cost / fuel economy if that's the case.
Cheers,
Al
I've been looking at a new motor for work (company car scheme) and I'm swaying between a few different models.
My main issue is that we do a lot of miles - in excess of 150 miles a day - mostly motorway driving. I was looking at the C350e, and while I can see the maximum range the battery for battery only, but I'm struggling to find real world information on how this would translate to long journeys, bearing in mind I'm probably not going to have a charging point at my destination.
Does anybody have any information on this? Would the battery simply charge from the combustion engine while I'm driving on the motorway? If not, when am I likely to see the battery subside? This is likely to have quite an impact on cost / fuel economy if that's the case.
Cheers,
Al
On long distance, high speed journeys, it's a 2.0litre, 4cylinder, turbocharged petrol engined car.
The consensus seems to be that it only makes sense if you like on the edge of a town or spend a lot of time driving in town. The real world electric range seems to be about 10miles.
I can't find any info about whether it recharges itself from otherwise wasted motion, but I would assume it does. Even more pointless otherwise.
The consensus seems to be that it only makes sense if you like on the edge of a town or spend a lot of time driving in town. The real world electric range seems to be about 10miles.
I can't find any info about whether it recharges itself from otherwise wasted motion, but I would assume it does. Even more pointless otherwise.
Well, that sheds some light - thanks 
It does pose the (rhetorical) question as to why the government want to charge double the tax on a fossil fuel car that's potentially chugging the same / more emissions when it's fairly obvious that company cars do a lot of miles on average. I guess that's just so they can _appear_ to be doing something about climate change.
It does pose the (rhetorical) question as to why the government want to charge double the tax on a fossil fuel car that's potentially chugging the same / more emissions when it's fairly obvious that company cars do a lot of miles on average. I guess that's just so they can _appear_ to be doing something about climate change.
In fairness to the government, they do seem to be stimulating innovation. The problem is the woefully unreliable EU combined cycle (or whatever it is called). Manufacturers are making cars to perform really well on the test regardless of how they perform in use. If the cycle better reflected real world use, innovation might be even further accelerated. But this is an insanely tedious political debate!!
Edit: The C300 hybrid probably would be better in use but I think the tax efficiency of the C350e is not to be under-estimated!
Edit: The C300 hybrid probably would be better in use but I think the tax efficiency of the C350e is not to be under-estimated!
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