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Originally Posted by SteveinArizona
Highway driving is not a strong point for hybrids. If you put on the display that shows which motor is being used, you will see that on highways in auto mode you are mostly using the ICE.
Also, once the battery is depleted you will mostly be using the ICE with the battery primarily providing boost.
If fuel efficiency is your goal, and you do mostly highway driving, then a hybrid phev is probably not the best vehicle for you.
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Agreed.
But I was expecting a better millage from the PHEV than the bare 320i petrol. With all the downhills from the route, I was hoping all the recuperations and battery management the 330e does would result in something lower than 8.5l/100 .