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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm still testing, but limited data as is follows.

In "hybrid" mode, the car basically uses the battery up before it goes to engine, perhaps with a slight bit of engine at higher speeds. It doesn't know how far you are going, and is pushing you to maximize battery usage until it loses charge. In hybrid mode, the car made it almost entirely on battery from our house in Bethesda to north of the Baltimore tunnel--so a bit over 40 miles.

In "power" mode (or perhaps it is called "sport" or something) it goes to gas faster, so it extends the battery range out much longer. When I drove in sport, battery lost all charge at the 95-100 mile mark. So we had pretty good performance throughout that stretch. Then, it reverted to gas only.

I'm obviously still experimenting--just two long trips to exhaust battery range so far.

So far, one thing on my wish list--I don't think it exists, but still confirming--is a mode where you can tell the car about how far you are planning to drive, so it can optimize how much battery vs. gas it uses. That would be amazing if it existed, but I don't think it does. [/quote]

Thanks. That is helpful.

And how long to charge IRL? Have you ever charged on the road while stopped? Not sure if you even you do that with plug-in hybrids. We have an ICE and an EV so I’m not familiar with plug-in hybrids.

Would prefer an EV Volvo but the c40 and xc40 are too small. 
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