Tipper said:But that's a totally fictitious economy figure. Don't forget all the 'leccy' you have used? Yes I know this costs less than if petrol was used but come on, try it out on a longer trip! You will be shocked by just how fast the petrol tank empties and how often you have to fill it up! The range indicator lies too. We don't rely on that figure now since we nearly came to a standstill after 40 miles when we started with a range of over 90!
My experience of the car is that although it is very frugal if used solely for local short journeys (think wife going to the gym, shopping, etc) it is extravagant in the extreme once you hit normal motorway speeds and travel any real distance (think visiting family at the weekend) Under 30 mpg is easily 'achievable' and I don't constantly drive over 70mph as some business users do.
Please, please don't take this personally, but many have a very blinkered view of 'fuel' consumption of these cars especially when only driving short distances daily and charging in between journeys. This is not helped by official economy calculation methods used and Mitsubishi's ridiculous claims which only got worse when the face-lift model arrived. Rant over!
You just have to buy the face-lifted 2016 model.Carnut said:But how did you get THREE figures to show on your MPG readout?
Hypermiler said:Just done a 230 mile trip starting with full battery and with one 80% charge en route. Over 90% motorway, 4 deg c, raining all the way, lights, heating, stereo, air con demisting often. 2 adults, 2 kids and weekend luggage. Some lengthy 50 limits, "normal" speed around 75 mph. The result = 37mpg.
Sub 30 mpg must be towing or all uphill or perhaps at 80mph+ To be fair, jams and roadworks do seem to help - save some battery for these.
H
I don't know how much it costs to use a public charging point in Godzone, gwatpe, but in the UK it's around 10p per kWh (fast chargers are typically free), so a full charge from empty costs about the same as a litre of petrol here (two litres for you in The Lucky Country). A full charge will take you (according to Mitsi) 'up to' 50 km, but I think we all know that's being highly optimistic - let's call it 30 km. Even so, that's roughly equivalent to 3.3 'litres'/100 km or nearly 90 mpg.gwatpe said:Makes almost no sense to plug into a power point and recharge if the cost is what drives you.
gwatpe said:Petrol here is AU$0.95c per litre at the moment. Apparently the cheapest for about 10 years. Makes almost no sense to plug into a power point and recharge if the cost is what drives you.
Varies. Ipay 6 Eurocent/kWh momentarily plus transport costs and taxes that is about 14 Eurocent/kWh, it can run up to slightly over 20 Ec.Carnut said:Jaap :
Wat heeft uw binnenlandse elektriciteit kosten per kWh in Nederland?
Colin.
Carnut said:I have to report in an ambient temperature of 36f this morning I actually did more REAL miles than the (Gu)estimated figure on the trip screen Including some pretty steep up hills, where I find 1 E mile = about 200yards!!!.
I started at 22 guestimated and covered 24.9REAL miles. Normally I reckon 1 E mile = about 1 Km real. i:e-.6/10ths of a mile. On the flat. But with judicious use of the paddles you can improve on this.
jaapv said:Varies. Ipay 6 Eurocent/kWh momentarily plus transport costs and taxes that is about 14 Eurocent/kWh, it can run up to slightly over 20 Ec.Carnut said:Jaap :
Wat heeft uw binnenlandse elektriciteit kosten per kWh in Nederland?
Colin.
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