Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You have heard it many times before: The electric motor is more efficient than the petrol engine, which loses two thirds of the theoretical energy in the combustion process. Well let's look at real data collected over the last 5 months on my Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.
I go over the mix of electricity consumed: From the grid, at home, at both peak and off-peak hours; as well as from public charging both free and paid-for.
The main point is that because some of the electricity is cheap, it largely compensates for the expensive one at 40 pence / 45 pence.
The result is that driving a PHEV in electric is indeed more energy-efficient, carbon emission-free, but also much cheaper for you.
Music by ZakharValaha from Pixabay
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You have heard it many times before: The electric motor is more efficient than the petrol engine, which loses two thirds of the theoretical energy in the combustion process. Well let's look at real data collected over the last 5 months on my Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV.
I go over the mix of electricity consumed: From the grid, at home, at both peak and off-peak hours; as well as from public charging both free and paid-for.
The main point is that because some of the electricity is cheap, it largely compensates for the expensive one at 40 pence / 45 pence.
The result is that driving a PHEV in electric is indeed more energy-efficient, carbon emission-free, but also much cheaper for you.
Music by ZakharValaha from Pixabay
Octopus referral link for £50 discount on sign up
https://share.octopus.energy/jolly-snow-221
