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Funding soon gone: does a plug-in hybrid like the Kia Sportage still make sense?

2022-05-02T10:43:26.301Z


Funding soon gone: does a plug-in hybrid like the Kia Sportage still make sense? Created: 05/02/2022Updated: 05/02/2022 12:35 p.m By: Rudolf Boegel Faster tapping at the wall box. The Kia Sportage PHEV needs at best one hour and 45 minutes. ©Kia With 265 hp, the plug-in hybrid of the Kia Sportage is the most powerful model. There is still a bonus of 6,750 euros from the federal government for


Funding soon gone: does a plug-in hybrid like the Kia Sportage still make sense?

Created: 05/02/2022Updated: 05/02/2022 12:35 p.m

By: Rudolf Boegel

Faster tapping at the wall box.

The Kia Sportage PHEV needs at best one hour and 45 minutes.

©Kia

With 265 hp, the plug-in hybrid of the Kia Sportage is the most powerful model.

There is still a bonus of 6,750 euros from the federal government for such a car.

Driving fun and saving money – the driving test.

  • The most powerful Kia Sportage PHEV has the power of two hearts.

  • With 265 hp, the chargeable hybrid vehicle is the top model.

  • But what about consumption and environmental friendliness?

Nice old days of combustion engines.

The top models used to have names like

GTI, R, M, GR

and were characterized by more valves, more turbos, more displacement and more horsepower.

They were the culmination of a series.

Today, so-called

PHEVs

are increasingly taking the lead.

Plug-in hybrid vehicles

are cars that are powered by the power of both hearts.

So with a combustion engine and an electric motor, in addition, compared to an

MHEV

(mild hybrid electric vehicle), they have a rechargeable battery, with which a

PHEV

can also move purely electrically over long distances.

It's quiet, protects the environment and your wallet.

But of course it also has a performance side.

Because electric motors can be switched on like a turbocharger and thus additionally push the combustion engine.

Interested parties can find more detailed driving reports here.

Kia Sportage 1.6 T-GDI plug-in hybrid: It goes from 0 to 100 in 8.2 seconds

With the

Sportage 1.6 T-GDI plug-in hybrid ,

Kia

is now crowning

his popular SUV.

The 265 hp device is now available in stores.

The 1.6 liter turbo petrol engine, in combination with the electric motor, achieves an enormous 350 Nm of torque, which is already present at 1,500 rpm and maintains its performance curve up to 4,500.

The Sportage - noun es omen - sprints relatively sporty in 8.2 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. A look at the weight of the Kia shows why better sprint times are not enough.

At almost two tons (including the driver), the car, which is basically driven on all four wheels, is anything but a lightweight.

Such high performance is rarely called off, as the driving test has shown.

The cockpit of the Kia Sportage can be upgraded with the appropriate use of special equipment.

© www.weigl.biz / kia

Saving energy instead of starting at traffic lights – the new driving pleasure

Then electric gliding is more fun.

At the push of a button, the

drive system

is informed that the petrol engine is now taking a break and is only driving the electric motor.

This makes it relatively powerful, even though it only has 90 hp.

No wonder, as it alone brings a torque of just over 300 Nm onto the road.

But beware!

If you press the "tube" too often and too forcefully, you will quickly lose energy.

With sensitive operation, however, there should be a range of around 70 kilometers, in the city it could even be almost 80 kilometers, because you get a lot of energy back there by stopping at traffic lights frequently.

This is the new fun in driving.

Get power back instead of wasting it at the cavalier start at the traffic lights.

Character also from behind - the new Kia Sportage looks crisp.

The PHEV differs only in terms of technology.

© www.weigl.biz / Kia

Charge overnight – also at the household socket

Speaking of strength.

The electric machine gets this from the 13.8 kWh on-board battery, which reduces the loading volume of the Sportage by a moderate 50 to 60 liters compared to a combustion engine.

In the worst case, i.e. at a conventional 230-volt household socket, it can be charged in just under five and a half hours.

Under optimal conditions (public AC charging station), the

7.2 kW onboard charger fills up

the battery in just under two hours.

If you have a wall box at home, it takes around three hours.

These are all times that are practical.

But always on the condition that you can infect at home.

Everything else is cumbersome.

Even stopping to shop and charge at the discounter is of little use because you only cover a relatively small range in such a short time.

When the battery is full, the PHEV Sportage should only swallow around 1.1 liters - plus the electricity consumed.

With 5.1 liters, we needed a good deal more.

But as the name suggests, these are test drives and the performance is often used to the full.

Casual design detail.

The boomerang lights give the Sportage a Star Wars twist.

These lights are used at the front and rear.

©Kia

How long will the questionable technology be subsidized?

No matter how good the consumption values ​​sound - the actual consumption costs are of course higher, because you still have

electricity costs in addition to fuel

must add.

Electricity is no longer cheap and tends to become even more expensive.

This raises the question of whether such a hybrid car is a good choice from an economic point of view.

Especially when the funding of currently 6,750 euros is eliminated or - as announced by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs - becomes less and less.

The Kia Sportage PHEV costs around 37,000 euros after deduction of state subsidies.

Otherwise more than 44,000 euros would be due.

A lot of money for a technology that experts have repeatedly questioned.

Because with the second electric drive train, you also get correspondingly more weight on board (on average, depending on the battery size, it is between 200 and 250 kilograms) - and it needs to be moved, with the corresponding use of energy.

Anyone who cannot charge at home will hardly be satisfied with a plug-in hybrid vehicle.

©Kia

But for whom is such a plug-in hybrid suitable?

That's why you should think carefully about whether to buy such a

PHEV

.

The basic requirement is that it is consistently charged.

And best of all, uncomplicated at home.

Or even better at work.

Then you are always on the move purely electrically for the average commute distance of 30 kilometers (one way) driven by Germans.

So why not buy an e-car right away?

A legitimate objection that applies to all those who do not have to drive long distances.

Because the

ranges of today's electric cars

, the charging technology and the infrastructure are still inadequate.

It is therefore sometimes necessary to have a combustion engine on board.

Especially when you think of vacation trips and the like.

Our conclusion: as long as the subsidy is still available, if you can refuel at home and if you often travel long distances - then a PHEV like this can make sense.

And anyone who likes decent performance with an electric turbo will also be able to get over the disappearance of GTI, GR & Co.

Specifications Kia Sportage 1.6 T-GDI Plug-in Hybrid

  • combustion engine

  • In-line four-cylinder turbo petrol engine

  • Displacement: 1598 cc 

  • max. power: 132 kW (180 hp) at 5,500 

  • Max. torque: 265 Nm at 1,500 - 4,500 rpm

  • electric machine:

  • Permanent magnet synchronous machine 

  • Max. power: 66.9 kW (91 hp) at 2,100 - 3,300 rpm

  • Max. torque: 304 Nm

  • Max. power combined: 195 kW (265 hp)

  • Max. torque combined: 350 Nm at 1500 - 4500 rpm

  • Battery: 13.8kWh

  • Electric range (city traffic): 70 km (78)

  • On-board charger: 7.2 KW

  • Charging time: 1 hour

    45 minutes at 7.2 kW / AC

  •            2 hours.

    44 min. at 4.6 kW / AC (wall box)

  •                   5 hrs

    27 min. at 2.3 kW / AC (domestic socket)

  • Drive: six-speed automatic converter, all-wheel drive

  • 0-100km/h: 8.2 seconds

  • Top: 191 km/h

  • Standard consumption: 1.1 l/100 km

  • Electricity consumption: 16.9 kWh

  • CO2 emissions: 28 g/km 

  • Length / width / height: 4.52 / 1.87 / 1.65

  • Trunk: 540 - 1,715 l

  • Empty weight / payload: 1905 / 510 kg

  • Towing capacity (used): 1,350 kg

  • Price from: 44,390 euros (less environment bonus 37,212.50 euros)

Rudolph Boegel

Source: merkur

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