In the Eco mode, the power delivery is a far more sedate and up to 55kmph or depending on throttle input, the car will travel only in
electric mode after which its switches on the petrol motor.
Out on urban streets, our heavy - footed - driving style engages the gas engine off the line from most stop lights, but it quickly gives way to
electric mode after the car builds up its momentum, and glides through the city at speeds ranging from 20 to 40 mph.
Not exact matches
Engine warm - up time is reduced by 50 percent, meaning that
electric - only
mode can be activated sooner
after a cold startup.
The new Panamera hybrid will default to start in pure -
electric mode, and
after it rolls through its 50 kilometres of e-range, will go on to consume a very conservative 2.5 L / 100 km (based on the New European Driving Cycle standard).
After testing out the real - world
electric range and driving the Accord for many more miles in hybrid
mode, I found it didn't quite show off Honda's old engineering prowess, which brought us VTEC in 1989.
After the
electric - only
mode ends, the gas engine kicks in to power the vehicle.
Powertrain improvements also provide a 10 percent gain in trunk space, along with the ability to run in all -
electric mode at up to 75 mph, and a plug - in model will serve up a 22 - mile all -
electric driving range (
after which the car's gas engine takes over).
EV - In the EV
mode, the Camry drives purely on the
electric power and this
mode is deactivated automatically
after coming close to 50 kmph.
But that view is now in question
after the revelation on Thursday that the driver of a Tesla Model S
electric sedan was killed in an accident when the car was in self - driving
mode.
BYD says the car can travel as far as 60 miles (100 km)
after one charge in full -
electric mode, or longer when also using its small gas tank.
More than two years
after it first emerged from stealth
mode and pitched itself as a «Tesla - killer,» Faraday Future is best known not for making high - tech, 1,000 - horsepower
electric cars.