by dale@dale-cohen.com | Dec 22, 2015 | Electric Vehicles
I have completed a cycle I would call “EV unfavourable” meaning increased range driving which relies more on the petrol engine, regular use of air conditioning for hot weather and driving on consecutive days without recharging to see if there was any... by dale@dale-cohen.com | Dec 7, 2015 | Electric Vehicles
I have now owned my Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV hybrid 6 months and refuelled it 4 times. It was advertised as having petrol economy of 1.9L/100km. Over nearly 10,000km I am averaging 1.7L/100km. My refill today averaged 1.0L/100km. I’m finding the 50km pure EV... by dale@dale-cohen.com | Oct 5, 2015 | Electric Vehicles
I completed two tests yesterday. 1. Non optimised city driving. 1990km using 22L of fuel = 1.1L per 100km. This was several weeks of driving from the northern beaches to the city but unlike last time many of the trips were return without charging in the city. 2.... by dale@dale-cohen.com | Aug 26, 2015 | Electric Vehicles
I had not refuelled in over 6 weeks so I decided to freshen my fuel tank while the price cycle was at its lowest. I still showed two thirds of a tank on the gauge. I squeezed 17 litres in to maximum tank capacity. The last refill was at 1850km on July 9. The car is... by dale@dale-cohen.com | Jul 9, 2015 | Electric Vehicles
The PHEV was delivered with a full tank of fuel. I have been driving a little more distance using the petrol engine for extended range. Today I drove over 200km and finally got the fuel tank to empty. I pulled in to refuel when the dash display wouldn’t show... 
by dale@dale-cohen.com | May 28, 2015 | Electric Vehicles
Some time ago I decided that I would be going electric for my next vehicle. About 4 years ago I installed enough solar power on my roof to provide for double my daily household usage in the assumption I’d be needing to charge a battery for a car at some point....