maby said:
As gwatpe says, the figure you are looking at is just an estimate based on your recent driving style and can be very inaccurate. The important figure is actual range achieved - run your own tests. The best range achievable - Eco mode, no heating or aircon, no lights - seems to be just over 30 miles or 50 km. It is very dependent on conditions and driving style, but I did manage 29.5 miles a couple of days ago without going to any special action. Eco mode does seem to make quite a difference as does heating, aircon or lighting.
Agree
My drive to and from work is 16 miles each way. From a full charge my readings suggest I can do 34 'electric miles', so maths would suggest I could get to and from work on one charge...
In reality, on my way to work I use up 21 'electric miles' and 19 on my way home. That's in eco mode with air con and stereo on and driving in the 'eco' range as much as possible. So if I was to fully charge up over night while the car suggests I could get to work and back on it, in reality I can't.
Why? Well, my journey is up and down hills, stop start at traffic lights and roundabouts and involves general around town driving. (Being more up hill to work and down coming home, hence the difference in to and from work 'electric miles')
As mentioned before, take ALL readings on the PHEV with a pinch of salt as they are so dependent on lots of different inputs.
Just to add to the mix, I've been testing the regen on drives to and from work now I've got my basic expected values, and I can do the same regen paddling and braking at the same places in my journey and I can get different results, (only 1 mile extra but a mile is a mile), so again as much as you think you are driving the same, subtle changes in speed, weather conditions, traffic will affect it.
I've got to a point where I now ignore the numbers flashing at me from the dash. I know roughly where I can get to on one charge driving normally and then work off from there...it's easy to get too bogged down with a mile here and there.