Almost 4 years PHEV driving in spring 2024. I love the car as a trustful and comfortable helper. It's my 2nd Outlander. The German diesel gate drove me to swap cars. It's been a good swap obviously. The swap happened just before the pandemic, with driving being cut down to half of what it used to be before. I'm using the car full range in the way that I don't fear running the fuel engine (ICU). Many driving distances for me are mid range, so that the battery could not cover in full in EV mode. I'm then trying to use both modes for best coverage. At the beginning, I tried to excessively limit driving to EV mode and played with the recuperation levels up and down to the results that regardless of action it wouldn't have significant effects to the overall range. The way the Outlander operates both engines is brilliant. However, 50km summer range battery power has its physical limits you can't come around.
Over time I have test driven almost all tool-tips for recuperation and drive mode usage. The Sport mode is great fun to play with too. The system has great power for speeding up on the roads where necessary.
What works best for me is using the Save mode for re-charging the battery on long distance rides. As the Save mode operates the battery in a load window to keep the battery at level whilst the ICU constantly adds energy to the battery that's not needed for driving. From time to time the ICU stops and the additional load will be driven off down until the low end of the load window. It is possible to hard-move the load window by switching to the EV mode right when the ICU stopped. Turn back to Safe mode very shortly after to reset or adjust the load window to the current state of the battery. The current state of the battery is the prior load level plus the additional summed ICU load. This way it is possible to stair-climb the battery to 60% total load to be used later off motorways. This is a manual way of battery charging consuming less fuel than the alternativ Charge mode.
The Outlander is made for long distances with comfort that allows relaxed driving for hours. Instead of the internal MMCS I'm almost always running Apple Car play, the iPhone connected to USB for better sound quality than Bluethooth. As I like music a lot, USB connect allows using CD or Highres audio from the Qobuz app. After almost 4 years, I have the impression that software updates are going to stress CarPlay performance. Lately, screen touch interactivity has been difficult.
For the most part I'm loading at home using the enclosed brick loader. But anytime where it makes sense I like loading at stops. A type 1 to type 2 adapter leaves no gaps though.
Actually, many people made compliments about the red sparkling color. That made me proud of having made a great choice. Anytime after washing it gloomy re-shines in the sun that I really enjoy.
Over time I have test driven almost all tool-tips for recuperation and drive mode usage. The Sport mode is great fun to play with too. The system has great power for speeding up on the roads where necessary.
What works best for me is using the Save mode for re-charging the battery on long distance rides. As the Save mode operates the battery in a load window to keep the battery at level whilst the ICU constantly adds energy to the battery that's not needed for driving. From time to time the ICU stops and the additional load will be driven off down until the low end of the load window. It is possible to hard-move the load window by switching to the EV mode right when the ICU stopped. Turn back to Safe mode very shortly after to reset or adjust the load window to the current state of the battery. The current state of the battery is the prior load level plus the additional summed ICU load. This way it is possible to stair-climb the battery to 60% total load to be used later off motorways. This is a manual way of battery charging consuming less fuel than the alternativ Charge mode.
The Outlander is made for long distances with comfort that allows relaxed driving for hours. Instead of the internal MMCS I'm almost always running Apple Car play, the iPhone connected to USB for better sound quality than Bluethooth. As I like music a lot, USB connect allows using CD or Highres audio from the Qobuz app. After almost 4 years, I have the impression that software updates are going to stress CarPlay performance. Lately, screen touch interactivity has been difficult.
For the most part I'm loading at home using the enclosed brick loader. But anytime where it makes sense I like loading at stops. A type 1 to type 2 adapter leaves no gaps though.
Actually, many people made compliments about the red sparkling color. That made me proud of having made a great choice. Anytime after washing it gloomy re-shines in the sun that I really enjoy.
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