From week to week I am impressed again and again how much interest our long-term test with the Outlander arouses among “you” out there, among the readers. That Mitsubishi with the first Plug-In Hybrid SUV initiated a trend should be clear by now. The very good sales figures for the Outlander PHEV also show that the trend is not just a “theoretical” one.
Reader questions about the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
This week, too, there were new questions from you, with one main topic very clear:
What kind of fuel do “I” need for 100 kilometers with my PHEV?
We already have the topic of consumption cut several times, because with a plug-in hybrid, this topic is much more complex to answer than the classic petrol or gasoline engine.
Herbert Wagner from Austria, for example, asks:
Can it be the software if my PHEV bought three months ago needs much more than the test car I drove over a year ago?
I do not think so. Herbert Wagner tells us in his email about a gasoline consumption of more than 10 liters. But he also writes that this value comes about when he drives a speed of 65+ and presses the “Load” button. The test car at that time probably needed significantly less - but had already 10.000 km and more on the clock, its PHEV is only 1.400 km “old”.
Now - one thing has to be clear: The “consumption display” contained in the on-board computer measures from the start of the journey and uses the current operating values to convert the consumption to 100 km. Using the “Charge” button in everyday life only makes sense if you want to drive electrically later on site. However, charging the PHEV with a gasoline engine makes absolutely no sense if you can be on the move from socket to socket.
Charging by petrol engine, rarely useful!
Around 3 liters of petrol are required to charge the PHEV's battery with a petrol engine. With these 3 liters, around 40 kilometers can be driven purely electrically. That alone shows - here an “extrapolated” consumption of 7.5 liters of petrol per 100 km is generated. Added to this is the consumption of the Outlander while driving. Consumption increases considerably depending on the load.
Answer to Mr. Wagner:
Dear Mr. Wagner, use every power socket and ignore the “charge button” on your Outlander PHEV. Then the “indicated” and the real consumption of the Outlander will decrease again. The battery should be charged externally in everyday life - only when the Outlander is used as a “mobile” power box, it may be useful or necessary to charge the battery with a petrol engine. Burning gasoline to then charge the battery, on the other hand, is completely useless.
How to make a consumption of 2 liters on 100 kilometers?
The Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - a question of driving culture.
Reader Wallaschek asked us how we can reduce our consumption of "less than 2 liters per 100 km ” and wishes for a better explanation of the routes.
Answer:
Dear Mr. Wallaschek,
you don't have to do much to push consumption so extreme. Just use the Outlander's batteries. That in turn means that the PHEV is not a long-haul car. Anyone who rocks 400 km a day on the autobahn makes good sense to choose a diesel engine as the drive source.
For our “low record” we used the Outlander PHEV as the primary family car. That means: going shopping, post office, bakery, butcher, kindergarten etc. - all routes that are covered here within 15 kilometers. At the weekend, I went to the furniture store further away or to the grandma. Otherwise the PHEV drove a lot with the help of the batteries charged at home.
So: Primary distances of up to 30 kilometers, twice a distance of 160 kilometers and once a distance of 300 kilometers.
What does the PHEV use at cruise control 140 km / h and long distance (400 km)?
That's exactly what I have not tried, but I can tell you, I was in Cologne two days ago Automotive Allstars Event, The journey was 280 km for me. In the morning, I am in danger over the Sauerland Line, A45, back and forth over the A45.
While the outward journey was still started with a full battery, the return journey was to be managed without charged batteries. On the way there, I partially restrained myself and used cruise control 130. The drive home, however, knew only one operating mode: where it went and where it was allowed, I used the V-Max of the PHEV of 170 km / h. And that was a lot of track.
In the evening 9.7 liters were in the display. During the Hatz also partially 11.2 liter.
The answer to your question is pretty simple:
The more full throttle, the longer the distance, the less PHEV! The more diesel.