Yesterday, I drove 41 (slow) urban miles. The first 25 miles was in EV mode. At 3 BEV miles remaining I switched to Normal mode and completed a further 16 miles. The car reported 1.7 miles per kWh, which is not great. However, I don’t see how it can ever be better than 2.2 m/kWh given an optimum range of 39 from a 17.8 kWh battery. What blew me away was the reported ICE consumption of over 100MPG! This suggests to me that the car excels in EV mode for short urban commutes, and is perhaps average over fast motorway routes in Normal mode (after all, it is a 2.5L ICE). My next experiment must be to test regeneration over longer faster distances, but I think so far this economy is pretty good. At (capped) £0.34 per kWh charging I am not making huge savings, but it is on the right side and with electricity prices expected to fall by July. I am comfortable.
I also switched from a Mercedes E350 AMG Line Premium Plus which had low profile tyres. I can’t understand why people are moaning about the CX60. The Mercedes was awful over potholes and needed three replacement tyres in three years. I saved around £15,000 against the equivalent Mercedes PHEV SUV and I reckon Mazda have got this package right as a genuine challenger to BMW/Mercedes. I’ve not experienced any of the reported quality control glitches, so maybe Mazda has sorted the gremlins in early supplied cars. I am loving it and don’t regret replacing my previous 3L turbo-deisel.
