"Though this doesn't count the fuel I start with - just stops - as I didn't count the charge I started with in the EV when working out costs."
And then Her Corolla apparently achieves just over 4L/100km. So it's obviously a hybrid, not an ICE.
I'm not really up with Toyota's various models but pretty sure they didn't have a Corolla Hybrid back in 2011...
What I do find interesting though is no-one is commenting on the issues she had with the way less than quoted range of the Hyundai, the pain in the bum requirements to have different apps and the lack of connectivity when attempting a charge.
Then of course there is the extra time lost while charging, plus possible range anxiety, both being an issue for some when attempting to cover long distances...
She "filled" the EV within 130km's of Sydney, so it arrived back with more than half a "tank". She doesnt say where she would have filled the Corolla, but its probably not within cooee of Sydney.
I'd be very surprised to hear of a standard ICE doing 4l/100km at highway speeds, but prepared to be educated!.
Fuel economy lies have been told since cars were being sold. Some of us recall whn the government had to step in and mandate that advertising had to include highway cycle and town cycle figures. For some reason this doesnt seem to apply to EV's unfortunately. The other problem with EV range figures is that thereare competing (and irrelevant) standards for range of EV's. Some manufacturers quote the NEDC figures, which are total rubbish for Australian conditions. The WLTP standards are better but still way off the mark, The EPA is the closest, but is an American standard and doesnt cover all vehicles in Australia. Then of course EV's perform so much better in cities than in the country. I think we've all just learned to live with it and work out the actual range ourselves, just like you do with your ICE. And range anxiety extends to ICE as well, in fact I had exactly that on the same route when riding from Melbourne to Sydney, when I assumed I would be able to fill up at any of the many highway servos, only to find that there werent any on the highway until Tarcutta and I was running on fumes by then.
The billing method for chargers is just woeful and all EV owners are annoyed by it. In the UK the govt finally stepped in and mandated billing to be based on standard credit cards rather than apps and private charge cards. Australian govt is way behind the times here, but the current state and federal govts are stepping up and EV charger companies are finally responding..
