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Originally Posted by AdamL
Love the idea of the hybrid if your daily mileage is less than 40 miles or you have access to a charger at work but if you do any longer mileage you are just driving around a heavier straight six petrol once the electricity has run out due to the batteries which will drink fuel more than a 40i. This is what frustrates me about the co2 and fuel economy stats on hybrids they are very misleading.
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Well, I don't think you should look at it in a 'this-or-the-other' scenario.
If you do a longer mileage, you drive in hybrid mode, so you have partial electric, partial fuel.
Give that you get some 'recharging' (very limited) during the driving, you should have lower fuel consumption than in the 40i.
the range is very interesting indeed if you can do that full electric, than there is no fuel consumption.
But if you have a higher mileage to cover daily (not in the 100's of miles per day) you can still end up with a lower consumption...
that's the whole idea of the hybrid mode...