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 Post subject: Re: 148 MPG
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:20 pm 
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I beg to differ, the Engine drives the car when the battery is flat, the Charging process may be assisted by the Engine or the Kinetic forces generated through braking, but the Battery is not driving the car off an idling Engine. you'd need to have a fully charged battery to cover 30 miles, after that it's engine power only until the next re-charge.

What car:Even when the batteries are out of charge you should still get a reasonable fuel economy return; the PHEV averaged 39.2mpg in our True MPG tests.

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/mitsubishi/outlander/2014-mitsubishi-outlander-phev-review/1280913




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At the Outlander PHEV’s heart is a large-capacity battery and a pair of electric motors – one on each axle to provide four-wheel drive – that generate a combined 161bhp, and when you add in the engine it’s a total of 204bhp.

When the battery charge drops below a certain level, the petrol engine kicks in to generate electricity. Mitsubishi calls this Series mode, which will work up to 70mph. After that, a clutch engages to connect the engine directly to the front wheels, providing drive while recharging the battery at the same time, hence the 43bhp boost in maximum power.


Read more: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/mitsubishi ... z35xi97XgO


The PHEV's fuel tank is 13.2 Gallons, It states "With a full battery and fuel tank, the Outlander PHEV can manage a claimed 560 miles without stopping." and on those figures that equates to 42.42 MPG, now if you take off the 30 miles of electrical running that leaves 530 miles on a tank of fuel and that Equates to 40.15 MPG.

Doesn't matter how they tart up their figures the thing still Averages 40.15 MPG on straight fuel or 42.42 MPG with a full battery.
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 Post subject: Re: 148 MPG
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:26 pm 
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bloodnock wrote:
.Doesn't matter how they tart up their figures the thing still Averages 40.15 MPG on straight fuel or 42.42 MPG with a full battery.


Its good but its not Carling

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 Post subject: Re: 148 MPG
PostPosted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 9:32 pm 
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Theres a bit of a conundrum concerning these leccy cars....


They seem to fall into two groups

Group 1, noddy cars that do 50mph and have a 20 mile range


Group 2, super cars that can outdrag a jet fighter



The obviouse gap is the 5 seater saloon that can do 300 miles on a single fast charge, thats the one they dont want us to have

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 Post subject: Re: 148 MPG
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bloodnock wrote:
The PHEV's fuel tank is 13.2 Gallons, It states "With a full battery and fuel tank, the Outlander PHEV can manage a claimed 560 miles without stopping." and on those figures that equates to 42.42 MPG, now if you take off the 30 miles of electrical running that leaves 530 miles on a tank of fuel and that Equates to 40.15 MPG.

Doesn't matter how they tart up their figures the thing still Averages 40.15 MPG on straight fuel or 42.42 MPG with a full battery.


The daft thing is a diesel genny will run on 1ltr for an hour, if that gave 1 hours use of the batteries at 50 mph that equates to 200-250mpg, why dont they just build a supergenerator?

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Would fuel used in an engine that did not connect with the road wheels of a car mechanically be liable to road fuel duty?...

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