The high consumption of phevs in practice measured

Posted on 05-06-2015 18:03 by MauritsH – 48 Comments”

Consumption and uitstootcijfers knocking over the general, not at all, because the NEDC test cycle are simply not of this time anymore. Fine for the manufacturers and the (lease car drivers), but the private car buyer and not to forget the environment are the sjaak. What’s in the practice that verbuikscijfers?

Tankpasbedrijf Travelcard has about 13 months the tankgedrag of different phevs tracked. This includes the Opel Ampera, Toyota Prius, Chevy Volt, Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, Volvo V60 D6 Plug-in, the Audi A3 e-tron and last but not least (ha!) the Volkswagen Golf GTE.

Let’s start with the good news. The deviation of the normverbruik for non-new cars took happy with the years. In 2012, the percentage of 46,9%, in 2013 was 42% and in 2014 ‘but’ to 35.6%. Don’t you applausje in the direction of the directors, because the most important factors that play a role in the mild winters, the lower avoid congestion and lower average speed on motorways.

The exemption for new cars is growing still, though it is less hard than before. In 2012 was the increase of the consumption of 5.7 percentage points, in 2014 there are only 2.5 percentage points. Logical explanation: manufacturers search harder for loopholes in the NEDC rules to the numbers yet a quick brushing.

In addition to the above findings, it is proven that phevs are more sensitive to changes in temperature, the Volvo V60 PHEV does in that regard is still the best. Perhaps logically, given his native land. Furthermore, it is notable that in the Golf GTE and A3 e-tron the same real-world consumption figures scoring as the much larger Outlander.

The measured numbers check your in graphic below.

The question of how relevant these figures, the future still seems justified, since the PHEV with the proposed plans of state secretary Wiebes can be cloths. Check the reasons HERE.