gwatpe
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I know there is a topic on general improvements to the PHEV. General improvements are restricted to possibly only new models. Owners of existing PHEV's would benefit from upgrades to the Software and display screens, without having to buy a new vehicle.
I would like to see Mitsubishi software design engineers make changes to the MMCS and driver menu operations.
The present MMCS seems to need some major work, as well as minor work. The vehicle is a HYBRID and the operation of the electric and petrol components can be either stand alone electric, or series or parallel hybrid. None of the display screen actually show how much petrol is being consumed, and there is no number to glance at to show the electric power. The green dial that blurs is so vague. There is no kW indicator of how much power the generator is producing. There is no kW indicator of how much power the battery is absorbing. The car is dumbed down.
I would really like the power display to include L/100km and kWh/100km actual. [maybe 5sec averaged] I see no point in having so much screen real estate taken up by a dial gauge for the A/C and the TRIP mileage. These could be just an incremental bar graph on each side, with a number. There would then be space for 2 dials, one for petrol and the other for electric to be displayed together, side by side. a number in the middle of each dial would be useful, like the way the trip show L/100km in the centre now.
The linkage of history data should be common to the page the history was activated from. ie if the display was showing ECO, and then history was pressed, then the ECO history should be displayed, not some other history page.
I have found that my car continues to record mileage, when listening to the radio in ACCessory mode, when cleaning the car on the weekend. Don't think this is right.
An annoying feature happens when the petrol is running low. I reset a trip counter when the refuel icon happens, or at least take note of this smaller number. I use this to work out how far the car can go so we can work out the best place to refuel. Depending on the terrain etc, when the REFUEL icon stays on, the menus are locked out, so you can't access how far you have gone already. Don't really see the point in locking out display screens on the dash. My car still has at least 7L of petrol in the tank, that the ICE cannot use. Maybe the display tank fuel sensor is in the wrong place. There is no point in having reserve fuel in the tank if the fuel cannot be used. 7L in a 45L tank is a serious loss of range. Normal cars allow you to drive until you have only fumes in the tank. What is the maximum litres forum members have refuelled with?
I would hope that Mitsubishi consult drivers in an effort to improve how the displays work and what drivers see. I hope we are not stuck with the screens from the factory for the life of the car.
I would like to see Mitsubishi software design engineers make changes to the MMCS and driver menu operations.
The present MMCS seems to need some major work, as well as minor work. The vehicle is a HYBRID and the operation of the electric and petrol components can be either stand alone electric, or series or parallel hybrid. None of the display screen actually show how much petrol is being consumed, and there is no number to glance at to show the electric power. The green dial that blurs is so vague. There is no kW indicator of how much power the generator is producing. There is no kW indicator of how much power the battery is absorbing. The car is dumbed down.
I would really like the power display to include L/100km and kWh/100km actual. [maybe 5sec averaged] I see no point in having so much screen real estate taken up by a dial gauge for the A/C and the TRIP mileage. These could be just an incremental bar graph on each side, with a number. There would then be space for 2 dials, one for petrol and the other for electric to be displayed together, side by side. a number in the middle of each dial would be useful, like the way the trip show L/100km in the centre now.
The linkage of history data should be common to the page the history was activated from. ie if the display was showing ECO, and then history was pressed, then the ECO history should be displayed, not some other history page.
I have found that my car continues to record mileage, when listening to the radio in ACCessory mode, when cleaning the car on the weekend. Don't think this is right.
An annoying feature happens when the petrol is running low. I reset a trip counter when the refuel icon happens, or at least take note of this smaller number. I use this to work out how far the car can go so we can work out the best place to refuel. Depending on the terrain etc, when the REFUEL icon stays on, the menus are locked out, so you can't access how far you have gone already. Don't really see the point in locking out display screens on the dash. My car still has at least 7L of petrol in the tank, that the ICE cannot use. Maybe the display tank fuel sensor is in the wrong place. There is no point in having reserve fuel in the tank if the fuel cannot be used. 7L in a 45L tank is a serious loss of range. Normal cars allow you to drive until you have only fumes in the tank. What is the maximum litres forum members have refuelled with?
I would hope that Mitsubishi consult drivers in an effort to improve how the displays work and what drivers see. I hope we are not stuck with the screens from the factory for the life of the car.
