The new Mitsubishi/Outlander PHEV/2024 (on the right of course) and the vehicle it replaced.
In Canada they call this trim SEL.
My wife drives 100 kilometers every day and was ready to move to our 1st Hybrid vehicle. The fuel bill was getting higher and higher. She is driving to work and plugging it in there.
I borrowed it one day and was able to drive back and forth to my workplace (about 50 kilometers roundtrip) in "normal" mode but the ICE never started (the battery was charged to full the previous night).
Noticed that the charger included takes about 14 hours (that is what the app says) to completely charge the vehicle.
So, 1st in the list: was a level 2 charger. Depending on your house situation this could pose a challenge (to get 240V at home).
Picked a level 2 charger online and got the plug outlet sorted out. We can charge at home now.
Still getting used to the technology and all the controls that are different from the previous vehicle.
Coming from the Jeep there are a few critiques:
There is no remote starter on the "key fob".
One can remote start from the app but it is not like on the Jeep, it is more like a heat the cabin to certain temperature before one gets into the vehicle. Learned that one can set this up like an alarm clock on the vehicle settings menu.
On the Jeep when one gets into the vehicle and starts the vehicle, it measures ambient temperature and if below 4 Celsius, it would turn on both the heated steering wheel and the driver heated seat. Why can the Outlander do this, it does not sound that complicated. Hope Mitsubishi is listening. Furthermore, owned a Lancer previously and pretty sure it did just that.
It has been at the highest -13 Celsius for the past few days and we had quite some snow for November but my wife happily reports that the vehicle feels safe (told her that must be due to the extra weight of the battery), still cannot trust the tires that come from the factory and will report back as soon as we get winters installed. Besides 20 inch wheels leave small sidewall in case you hit the curb.
Since the temperature has been around -20 Celsius, she reports that the ICE starts for part of her trip but still fuel economy seems way better than the Jeep (3.2L V6 gasoline only).
The Mitsubishi connect app..., seems unnecessary to have to pay a subscription for that, would like to ask people with a MUTIII or something like that if one can enable the "Mitsubishi remote app" that is available in other markets. It seems that just requires the vehicle to start broadcasting its access point but the issue will be to obtain the SSID password.
Sorry for this "1st post" being so long...
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