cayenne hybrid 2017 - few questions. how much mpg should i get? what's best way to use hyb

[wakkaday]

i am getting around 17-18mpg for town driving motorway around 24-25mpg
this is with the car not charged, which offers around 12mpg (electric)
is this about right? what can i do to get the best mpg out of the cayenne.
is e-charge an option worth switching on? so it charges whilst driving? or does this waste more petrol and not worth it
thank you

 

[greg_harm]

Unfortunately, the figures you’re getting probably aren’t that much short of what I used to get with my 958 Cayenne (2011-2018) the problem is we all get drawn in by the advertising blurb claiming a combined average of somewhere close to 80mpg but remember that’s including the electric assistance.

I always found the best way to maximise efficiency (other than just letting my wife drive) was to keep the batteries charged for around town and yes, you’re correct you can partly do this by adapting your driving style although it does take a little getting used to.

The easiest way at first is to change the display and keep an eye on when its charging and when it’s drawing power you can actually add charge through gentle or downhill braking (clearly why my missus had better efficiency) and just let it do its own thing on the motorways and yes, you’re correct, activating the charging button does use more fuel. On the plus side the road tax is extremely cheap.

 

[Davik9]

Hi Good question.

I keep my batteries charged and use these around town and short trips. I have a 110 mile infrequent commute (1-way). With batteries charged I leave the car in Hybrid-auto mode - with mixed driving ranging from 85mph to crawling I typically average around 32mpg on this commute. If the roads are clear (less crawling) I average around 28mpg! I have covered 14K miles and have averaged 32.6mpg during ownership. On fast trips and clear roads you're right she returns 18-22mpg. I have tested the charge while driving and do think its beneficial if you have town/city driving at some part of a longer journey but gains are minimal - 2mpg saving!!

 

[gtipirelli]

Ours is a 2020 car so I think the battery will be bigger capacity compared to a 2017 car. We have done 9k miles this year and the Porsche app indicates that 4K of that has been on electric

over that time we have averaged 47mpg, again as per the Porsche app

we do a lot of local town miles pretty much all on electric as we keep the car charged overnight pretty much constantly

on a 100 mile round trip with a full charge to start, we average about 40mpg mainly duel carriageway driving. The more 30 zones you encounter, the better the consumption as it tends to glide through them on a gentle throttle in electric

fully loaded with adults and a full boot on a 200 mile run, it will average mid to high 20s mpg

hope that helps