Reading the above makes me really wonder ????Commom sense should dictate that there is no such thing as power from nothing-ever--its takes one form or another of energy to deliver the required power for any purpose. Its up the the buyer of any machine to determine the power required to do any particular job.. No need at all for rocket science--plaing common sense--Come on gentlemen --get serious--get inroi the real world and consider the future and all that is happening and delevoping instead of ranting about something almost everyone understands perfectly well already.
There are 2 more reply on this article already. I totally agree on those 2 people and I would like to add some more garbage information to encourage them.
I am in the top of the car knowledge. So I wonder how high your common sense is on the reached. You are talking about the law of total sum of energy in universe, saying by one form or another of energy. Somebody who does not know such Law of Universe trying to get most of their car by asking us and you are not trying to share your knowledge by say common sense.
Common sense
This is not for you because it is common sense but for who eagerly want to know about PHEV more.
EV and Hybrid has been started 100 years ago but until Elon Musk produce the EV car in the world, it is not realized because of battery technology
EV motor is one of old science by the technology of Fleming's Rule(130 years ago) until production cost per efficiency is acceptable. Tesla is the most famous scientist of Generating Electric from the motor for the fist time using Fleming' Rule. Niagara fall has it. That's why Tesla is the father of Electricity. Many people understand Tesla as name of the car.
Once Lithium Ion becomes useful in real life, Elon started to use it for car. Once the world learns about that Lithium battery can be used for car motor, putting aside EV car, Engineers who have been suffered for low fuel efficiency of ICE cars, invented Hybrid engine, that uses both electric motor and Gasoline engine. They already know Boyle Shale's law in combustion engine is at it maximum efficiency(it started 6% and improved 40% recently, while electric motor efficiency is 80% to 99%), and Engine design and Transmitter tech is in its maximum, too, they want electric motor covers the week point of combustion Engine.
ICE car consuming gas shows worst fuel efficiency when start the car moving and idling when stop at traffic signal. It shows high fuel efficiency during high speed driving with engine design and most advanced transmission. So if they use the electric motor for start the car and stop engine during idling by 12 v electric system supplied by small size of Lithium battery. Toyota produced a Prius as Hybrid car. Frankly speaking, it is expensive because of battery price. Also cannot apply high tech transmission. However, most of the defects have been improved day by day. It proved that Hybrid can save gas a lot even though it has not enough power to apply to SUV.
As time goes by, upon the support of pioneering Elon, battery industry is good enough to supply at lower price of Lithium Battery, though it is still very expensive. However, Mitsubishi applied a little bigger battery to produce a higher power when needed. Considering a Hybrid theory, it is not so much economical in fuel efficiency, but power becomes a sweeet candy for taste. However, because of 2 motors and big battery, the price is too high. But someone who needs big space in the cargo area and as strong as SUV as family car, welcomed this first PHEV. If somebody bought this car for fuel efficiency only, you paid too much, I think. There are ten's of cars with high fuel efficiency in PHEV. Unimaginably high fuel efficiency, I mean.
The bad side of Outlander PHEV is not so strong as other regular SUV's. It becomes heavier and shocks are not so sturdy to endure the weight. However, 2 electric motor is nicely controlled by computer and S-AWC has good reputation. It has good reputation in snow, like Subaru. However it is not good enough on muddy or country stone road as Subaru. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV has been transformed to regular Family SUV, though it does not have luxury options in it category.
So, there are many critics on such a transformed Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. They tried to get the most of the money they spend on the car, but some people get disappointed with flimsy riding, low fuel efficiency, unclarified and complicated multiple controls, minor sensor failures etc. Also, compare to other car manufacturer, the car tech is staying at 2013. Nothing improved. Just a little bigger battery. That's it.
See other car manufacturers. They try their best to take part in or survive from the car market. Toyota became the Leading Hybrid engineering Manufacturer, and Koreans and China are leading battery manufacturer and EV cars. When you experience the modern technics on other cars, you will never go back to old style Mitsubishi again. That is common sense in the world.
Korean car has already V2L function inside. It is not Rocket science. Just a program and Simple Circuit design, because big battery is already inside the car. While, Mitsubishi withdraw 3000w inverter once they invented in 2013. It cost up to US6k for choosing GT model which has internal 120 V outlet. Australian guy know that Outlander has capability to supply power for house, and then they spend $6k(uncertain) to build external V2H. Ford does the same job for V2L V2G V2H already. One guy installed after market OEM inverter but the cost of the parts could be $6k. From now on, by the support from advancing car manufacturers, you will enjoy the car just like a smart phone, emergency generator, if you choose and want it.
Your choice is valuable. Someone would like to stay at ICE for 10 years more, because of lack of battery safety and charging hub system. I agree with that in some way. Some prefer strong SUV for weekend hobby. That's great. Some wants PHEV for easy camping power. Some wants solar system for house emergency power failure. So much high tech products are existing here and there. So, there is no common sense anymore. More detailed information is required for wise survival in this Chaos of Scientific Products. We need to share information even it looks like a feather weight to me, it could be tons of valuable information for other lives.