Hyundai Santa Fe PHEV - What is the difference in fuel economy with battery assistance or none?
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- Опубликовано: 4 авг 2023
- We took our Hyundai Santa FE Plug-In Hybrid fully loaded with luggage on a wee holiday road trip out into the Scottish countryside and I wanted to give you an idea what the fuel economy would be like when we drove there with full battery assistance… and then on the way back with a dead PHEV battery.
I was surprised at the results so watch to the end to find out why and if you enjoy this video please do LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for more content about this car and many others.
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That pretty much matches what I get on my 2023, which I've had for 3 months.
I put more detail of my figures on your first review of this car.
Yes, it is impressive, and I don't regret mine...
Another strong Car Babble video, impressed with your outbound economy and I'd be happy enough with the return as well, for such a big heavy car and fully loaded too. An interesting watch...
Thanks mate! I'm so surprised at the dead battery fuel economy. That, for me, is more impressive than the PHEV bit!
Good video and update on the car thanks. Good use of the family too 🙂
That's Seedy! Yes, the wife took some persuading 😂
Yes, good video. Dont remember to mention thats a big car! We have 7seater and panoramatic window and... I can only say the car is perfect. I love driving it on a highway and check all the electronic stuff :) But the heating with engine... :(:(:( Ach. MPG would be higher definetelly.. :)
I have 2023 phev Santa Fe had only about 1000 miles on it . That's pretty much exactly what i got "38mpg" on my trip a few weeks ago on my that was about 1 hour away too. I was doing about 70 mph most of the trip. EV on way there and hybrid on the way back.
Thanks so much for sharing that Ryan although I think that is even better than my mpg given how low mileage you've done so far.
I'm also based in Aberdeenshire, how do you find it with little or non-existing charging network in this neck of the woods? Making the switch to a full EV or PHEV is something i'd like to consider more but relying on charging at home seems a bit of a pain
Hiya. We have a home charger so it's only really a consideration for longer journeys. I've barely ever used a public charger at all and now I'm getting nearly 40mpg with a dead battery, I'm not too fussed. Full EV that might be something more to think about but most EVs do over 200 real world miles on a charge so if you are going that far you'll find more chargers.
So the battery is 13.9 kWh. Does that mean I need to pay for 13.9 kWh to electric company? Or to fully charge it it actually needs more kWh, because there are some power losses wile charging? I need to calculate it all to see what are the real savings compared to diesel/petrol.
Not sure about losses but have a read of this www.rac.co.uk/drive/electric-cars/charging/electric-car-charging-how-it-works-and-how-much-it-costs/
Why would anyone due a fuel consumption calculation when on only on battery is absurd
I strongly disagree. This is not an EV so it is always using a small amount of petrol at the least. If that calculation was irrelevant then why does the car offer it!?
It’s a hybrid with a bigger battery that you can plug in. It’s the plug in part that skews everything up. Had you taken the time to plug it in at destination to return, would it make your car better on fuel. NO
The only way to do a proper comparison is by cost.
It runs in EV mode for a substantial distance. I have one and put 66km on one charge in perfect conditions mind you but nonetheless impressive but it doesn’t make it more fuel efficient. It makes it more cost efficient.
That’s my point