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Garry Member Since: 18 Oct 2018 Location: U.K Posts: 17 ![]() ![]() |
Yes, the battery does charge when you take your foot off the accelerator and when you brake. Ive had mine a year and never not had the power if needed, even when the battery is at 0-2%. So far as your commute is concerned, first put your journey into Sat Nav and use it. The system is supposed to adjust engine/battery power based on things like inclines, traffic, fast roads etc. So far, I have not achieved more than 23 miles of electric travel on a full charge and that is with regeneration charging too.
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Tim in Scotland Member Since: 30 May 2005 Location: Driving along in my automobile Posts: 17372 ![]() ![]() |
Less in winter on freezing mornings too unless the car has battery conditioning, but the claimed versus actual us a bone of contention with all PHEV’s . Make sure also that you use the park heat function while plugged into the mains as heating the car on the journey also reduces driving range drastically.
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Renaco Member Since: 28 Jul 2011 Location: Bavaria Posts: 300 ![]() |
It’s true, the battery is never empty. But if you push the car at longer trips with an 0-3% Battery Level then you just get the power of the the ICE and nothing (only a very small amount) of the Electric engine. I had a P400e for more than 30.000 mls on German highways and tried all scenarios while using it for long business trips. At the highway with 0 battery it was unbalanced and loud to drive fast, the petrol engine where forced too much and the car felt like 200hp in a 3ton car. But don’t worry, the drivetrain works fine, as long as used in regions with limited top-speed. The breaking delivers a small regen Energy, for overtaking. As there is no other backfill by driving in regular mode, once empty it recharges not more than 3%. If you need to refill the Battery while driving, you can put the car in mud-ruts mode and the battery gets up to 20% loaded while driving. This is not official, it’s a function I found while checking everything during the ownership. In summary you get a useful drivetrain if you commute every day with full battery’s and plug in as often you can. The drivetrain is also very quiet in hybrid mode, if you don’t use more than 60-70% of the power. Annoying was for me once the petrol engine kicked in at cold temperatures, it where louder than a diesel until it warmed up. This is a big contrast to the mostly silent ride. I remember the best moments with the P400e where going fully electric off-road, this was always impressive and is not to beat by any other experience off-road. Best René 2012 RRS HSE SDV6, BOURNVILLE 12/12-10/14 2015 RRS DYNAMIC HYBRID, CAUSEWAY GREY 1/15-7/18 2018 RRS DYNAMIC P400e, BRITISH RACING GREEN 8/18-8/19 2019 RRS DYNAMIC P525, SILICON SILVER 8/19- |
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Renaco Member Since: 28 Jul 2011 Location: Bavaria Posts: 300 ![]() |
Hi AMT
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