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Yes, but if was merely inaccurate then it should sometimes show figures which are wildly higher than can actually be achieved ? I’ve never seen it estimate anything higher than I can actually achieve, it always shows a lower figure than I can get in practice. For avoidance of doubt, I’m not...

The tank is 45 litres, so I just assumed that is how much you can put in. I’ve regularly filled it up with >40 litres from the pump so not sure where this 39 litre figure comes from ? In any event, if you are going to do some calculations of mpg, then you need to base it on what you actually...

1- Yes, but only slightly. The heater in the car draws more power than the mains can provide so it uses a small additional amount of power from the main traction battery. But even after 20 minutes of pre-heating, you are probably only losing 2 miles of range from the main battery, so not that...

I agree that use of the ‘Charge’ button is very rarely a sensible strategy. Re the use of the ‘save’ button, the other point to bear in mind is that you shouldn’t automatically use it all the time on the motorway. If you are planning to save your battery capacity for use at the end of your...

PHEV is no different to any other vehicle, basically it all comes down to the terms and conditions of your lease so you either need to check the documentation or, as suggested, speak to them on the phone to clarify. If you are already 2k miles over the scheduled service, and still have 3 weeks...

Why not ? Thats what Mitsubishi themselves say you can do ?

Have you tried sticking the key in the little slot in the centre console ? (below the air conditioning controls) Not entirely sure what it does or how it works, but I believe that is meant to do something about re-synchronising the key or getting the car to recognise it again ?? Might not...

I agree. On short commutes like these, you are only ever going to achieve very marginal gains in efficiency through the use of Save/Charge buttons or the paddles for regenerative braking. The car is intelligent enough to run itself pretty efficiently, so I wouldn’t spend too much time over...

There are lots of different thoughts about what B number to use and and when. B0 is basically the same as coasting in a normal manual transmission car, so I normally wouldn't be using B0 on downhill sections, I'd be using a high enough B number to control my speed (i.e. similar to using, say...

Ah OK, my apologies, I didn’t realise you didn’t have the MMCS screen so I’m afraid I can’t help with how it works on a non MMCS version.

The Trip A and Trip B (on the dials beside the speedo) are purely to record distance travelled since last reset, and they are completely independent of the mpg calculation, which is displayed on the MMCS screen. The MMCS has two options – Manual and Auto. Manual shows the overall mpg since it...

From a pure mpg and ongoing running cost perspective, you will definitely benefit if 95% of your usage is your commute. If you are able to charge at work then you should be able to do all of your daily journey on EV and never use any petrol, even in the depths of winter when its colder and...

The SatNav interface is not as good/slick as it could be, and it’s a little clunky adding destinations but once you have figured out how it works I don’t have any issues with it. Once a destination has been set, I think it works fine and I’ve never had any problems with it. Appreciate that...

So it may well be that my car wasn't yet about to go into turtle mode, but it was definitely behaving strangely, and it only started after the problem with the charger. I've done a 900+ mile round trip to London and never seen the battery guage go completely empty - the ICE cycles on and off to...

I know that the car is designed to ensure that the battery never falls below the pre-determined level, but on mine I have never seen it behave as it did the other day. Having a completely empty battery guage (which I know means that the battery still has c.30% remaining) only ever appears very...

OK, but the normal cable seems to allow the battery to charge and the battery to behave normally, but the Rolec doesn't allow any charging of the battery ? Doesnt that point to a fault with my Rolec charge unit ?

I guess it was using the last reserves in the battery, and if I hadn't pressed the 'Charge' button then it would have entered turtle mode forcing me to limp home ?

Hhhhmmmm.....drove home last night and was convinced it was a problem with the car. Running on EV, down to the last bar of battery, no sign of the usual cycle of the ICE kicking in to provide charge. The last bar disappeared leaving a completely empty guage, but still no sign of the ICE until...

Yes, that's what I planned to do. The Rolec has a tethered cable, so I'll try it with the charger and cable that came with the car (which I have never used before) and see what happens.

Having some problems with my Rolec charger last night, so just wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar ? Plugged it in to charge, it did the usual ‘clunk’ and seemed OK, but after about 5-10 seconds it clunked off. Tried again several times, but each occasion was the same – starts...