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What happens if you never charge the car? How much power do you have? And petrol tank and boot is probably smaller, due to batteries.
IIRC, it's a 150 HP ICE engine paired with a electric engine of about 130 HP, together they give 245 HP (the output is bit less then the sum of two parts).
If you never charge it, you probably shouldn't buy it. You will carry extra weight all the time with reduced boot. I've entertained the idea but since I live in a flat, charging is a challenge.
Another reason why I went for 2.0 TSI is that it may be last hurrah for ICE cars. In 5 years time, regulations may force us to pick electric.
That was theoretical question. I don't plan to get anywhere near hybrid or electric car. So without charging, you're driving 150 bhp car with small tank and bad fuel economy, because it's heavier?
I think it's a gimmick, to quote higher power and this high fuel economy, which is only achieved when your car is charged. So when you drive 40 miles one way to work on motorway, battery discharges and you have slow petrol car?
I think it's a gimmick, to quote higher power and this high fuel economy, which is only achieved when your car is charged. So when you drive 40 miles one way to work on motorway, battery discharges and you have slow petrol car?
Not quite so simpl.e
I'm not sure if VAG Hybrids of this type have regenerative braking. If they do, they will recoup a bit of energy that the gasoline engine used. Whether that is enough to offset additional weight I have no idea. Would be an interesting experiment.
If they do not have regenerative braking, then it is a no brainer, yes, you would be driving a 150 HP car with a half of a boot of empty batteries.
from what ive read it does have regenerative braking but doesnt charge the battery when coasting or at low revs like full on hybrids do plus once you get to 30mph the car switches to engine power only, personally think its too much agro for little gain
No, it can go up to 70 mph in full electric. You can easily reach 30 miles range full electric during summer, so your infos are wrong
I had all these questions myself before a i bought my VZ2 E-Hybrid. Pure Electric gets me 30 Miles reliably, can get up to 85mph too. If you dont charge it, it turns into a normal hybrid car so it still uses the battery to pull away etc. If you set it to charge while driving it will take around 100 miles driving to fully charge itself, I find that when i put it in Cupra mode to have some fun - i end up with more charge at the end than when i started as whenever you are not at 100% throttle it charges itself so having access to the full 245 has not been an issue for me at all.
Regen braking is great too!
Regen braking is great too!
quick question you say when you set it to charge while driving? is there actually an option to do that and if so where?
check this movie from 4:40 (till 6:09) think he is very well explaining this... ....
thanks yes id seen that video and actually shared that tip earlier in the thread I didnt realise that those were the settings which you had used,
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