Video Summary
The Honda Civic e:HEV is a full hybrid that uses a 2-liter petrol engine and two electric motors. One motor acts as a generator and sends electricity to the other motor which drives the wheels, or charges the battery pack. It can achieve between 60 and 80 miles per gallon.- At 60mpg, the annual fuel cost for 10,000 miles is about 1,124 pounds. At 80mpg, that drops to 843 pounds.
- Compared to plug-in hybrids, the figures are often nonsense because you rarely get the claimed mpg. You're more likely to get 30 to 45 miles per gallon in the real world.
- Realistically, all you will manage in the real world is 80 to 150 mpg only if you have a charge in the battery. If you do not charge, mpg will get lower.
- Plugging it in every single night at home or every day at the office, it can reach extraordinary running costs. If used incorrectly and the battery is not charged, it can negatively impact your car, MPG, and wallet.
- For the Astra Plug-In Hybrid with a 12.4 kWh battery pack on a tariff of 16.09 p/ kWh (with 5% VAT included). The amount spent yearly is around 1,028 pounds a year, best case, or 185 pounds more than the Civic E-HEV.
Compared to a full battery EV, using a standard rate, it costs you 1,296 annually in electrical fuel costs. The full battery EV has lower maintenance costs. EVs are greener at a tailpipe level.
