HappyChappy
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- Nov 19, 2018
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I'm new here. Just finished my first week in my brand new Outlander PHEV 4h (UK). Lovely car but frighteningly poor fuel consumption if not charged.
First tank averaged 38 mpg with 2 charges. Decided for second tank not to fill as an experiment and consumption seem to be heading towards 30mpg and that's being careful. Are these normal figures? My Prius+ managed 50mpg consistently without even trying.
The daft thing is it's a company car on which I have to pay 22p per private mile back to my company but yet I don't get my costs recovered for charging at home so there is no incentive to charge the car. I can't be the only PHEV company car driver facing these conflicting challenges and wonder how others deal with it. My life seems destined to be spent at filling stations at this rate!
First tank averaged 38 mpg with 2 charges. Decided for second tank not to fill as an experiment and consumption seem to be heading towards 30mpg and that's being careful. Are these normal figures? My Prius+ managed 50mpg consistently without even trying.
The daft thing is it's a company car on which I have to pay 22p per private mile back to my company but yet I don't get my costs recovered for charging at home so there is no incentive to charge the car. I can't be the only PHEV company car driver facing these conflicting challenges and wonder how others deal with it. My life seems destined to be spent at filling stations at this rate!