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Personally I think it's very inefficient to use the running of the ICE to keep the battery charged in medium or high mode. This is because your ICE mpg will go down as you are using some of it to keep the battery charged , and at over £6 a gallon that's an expensive way of doing it. High mode...

Hi Robert , i might be silly here , but im not quite understanding what you mean by the 80/20 rule . Is it possible you can explain , then for me to say "oh that 80/20 rule" lol . Thanks also Mihir for responding

Hi Robert thanks for answering. So basically 3.6kw is putting the kettle on (LOL), so if you have other items on ( eg microwave / Electric oven etc) then it does no matter if the sun is shining , or the size of the battery , you will be taking power off the grid when you turn the kettle on. So...

That seems a good price , who did you go with/ Another question if i may , i have attempted to understand all this PV and battery storage and invert stuff and need to ask a question concerning the inverter. If its a 3.6kw inverter , it appears this is the max the solar /battery can feed into the...

Welcome to the forum. There is a lot of great information on the forum re fuel economy , Warming in winter , how's the best to drive it ( leave it in hybrid , or manually force it into EV) . Known issues etc. Take a look at all those and hopefully it will answer most ( if not all ) of your...

Just checked mine , and I'm the same the top 3 lines do not clear the frost, how strange.

yes mines in Android Auto. I am using waze as the sat nav , and i can answer the phone hands free and can also listen to whatsapp / sms messages hands free , and reply to them hands free all through Android Auto( if i need to , which is not often at all as it seems a bit hit and miss ...

So summarising, its a great car but part of the phev DNA, is it is a hybrid so you will use both the EV and ICE ( obviously lol, I hope im not teaching gandmothers to suck eggs lol ). So depending on circumstances you can drive it as an EV mode (alot of the time in my case) but you will also...

I wont disagree that heating is an issue with this car, but so far this winter i have only ran the phev with the heater on ( so ICE on ) twice. So for example today 07:30 at 0 c , started car put demister on so this starts the ICE, put heated seats on ,scrapped car. By time i scrapped the car...

are you using an extension lead ? as when i first used my granny charger it would not work on my existing extension lead. I borrowed a friends and it worked on his , so i brought a 10m one from wicks ( i think ) and no problems since.

Hi Paul thanks for the info. Very interesting especially the greater EV distance as I wish the HS phev had more range lol . Weight and cost will be crucial on this especially if BYD ,Ora , Nio ,xpeng etc all come to the UK as they may have very competitive EV cars. The next few years will be...

Well that definately is not right. It sounds like you have an issue and it needs looking at so that's a trip to the dealership I'm afraid. Here is a wierd thought ( more like out from left field lol ) if you have checked the obvious. Open the bonnet and check the catch, as I was surprised this...

I agree the hs phev is a great looking car in and out and so comfortable to drive. You need to work out will it work for how you are going to use it?. When i got mine my usage plan was the 90-95% normal journeys use on EV ( at 100 MPG,( 3l/100km or less )) and this will far overcome the 5-10...

That sounds odd. Unless my heater is on ( it does not default to off when you turn the engine off , so if it was on when you turned the car off it will come on when you start the car) then when i start my car the ICE never starts. I normally check the EV button, and if its not on , click it on...

Good luck and you will find out when its delivered in March. But if i was you, i would now assume its 3.6 ( like the rest of us ), but if it has been upgraded to 7kwh , then you can come back on here and gloat and make us all jealous ... lol.

I remember a chat about this in the early days. I think it was Paul from Thailand ( and some others )who could monitor their usage when plugged in and confirmed the phev charging rate is 3.7 kwh. If you look on the web this seems a standard rate for phevs( well the ones I looked at). Also even...

there is a dirty workaround and it concerns the * button on the steering wheel. This is customisable , so when pressed it can do 1 of 3 things Either go to the home screen ( so you see the radio satnav and hvac sceen) , go to the car setting screen or go to your phone ( i use this as i also use...

Hi Norhund , it will probably take about 4 hours to fully charge when you use the 7kwh charger as you will be delivering approx 3.7 kwh into the car , so its not too bad. Now the refusing to to drive in electric mode a lot of the times is an interesting one. I think its been covered in the plug...

As a rule of thumb, plug in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) will charge at a maximum rate of 3.7kW ( this is limited by the charger on the car) giving a mile per hour charge of around 9-10 miles. Most full battery electric vehicles will charge at a higher rate of 7kW ( again limited by the charger on...

yes and if you could throw BYD & Xpeng in the mix as well , that would be a great choice (y):)