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Running a PHEV in EV mode - Long term.

13K views 29 replies 17 participants last post by  E Geeza  
Hi @ANicholls86 . I agree with the comments above about running it on electric as much as you can and just let the engine manage the rest. I had a PHEV Outlander and did the same as you for several years, obsessively so actually, which was why I wanted the range of full electric (Leaf 62) eventually. I did like the PHEV though. One thing I did notice was some battery degradation after about 50,000 miles, from the constant recharging of a smaller battery. Perhaps be mindful of that. When I was an Outlander driver I never experienced PHEV hate from BEV drivers by the way; always enjoyed good conversations at charge points, picking their brains. Now I'm BEV I don't hate PHEV therefore. Enjoy the car.