On 19/10/17 16:24, Tim Streater wrote:
In article , mechanic
wrote:

On Wed, 18 Oct 2017 21:55:07 +0100, Brian Reay wrote:

Indeed, one of the reasons we went hybrid and not all electric.

What I don't understand about hybrids is the effective mpg on long
trips? As well as the fuel serving the internal combustion engine
you have the losses from the electricity generator and motors to pay
for, and the weight of the electric system and battery to carry
around. How can the hybrid possibly be as cheap to run as a modern
diesel only car?

You don't have a starter motor or alternator. I'm getting a long-term
measured MPG of about 56. That seems to be rather better than most
smallish petrol cars.

but inferior to most smallish diesel cars.


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