The Dual Motor EV With A "2.4L Battery" | 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Review 

Charging info card still says CCS instead of CHAdeMO 🙂

Since Koreans have the same EV range for you the price is decisive?

2023 Hyundai Santa Fe/Transmission 8-speed automatic

The interior of this tested vehicle is a peanutbuttaface. I bought one 3 weeks ago and I went for the all black interior, it looks great

Stop kicking yourself and trade it in for this one. I did three weeks ago and love it.

Yes, and it would be great if someone could come up with a Chademo to CCS adapter.

Glad I saw this comment, I have been thinking of getting a sorento phev but may end up choosing this outlander instead. I also have a 60lb dog that doesn’t like to sit still in a car very well and hadn’t considered the issues a captain’s chair might cause haha

We have a 90lb dog and are only looking at SUV’s with a third row just for her! 😅 She is uncomfortable in the rear without a seat back and can’t do the captains chairs so this seems to fit the bill!

It's actually more popular in the rest of the world

@@nc3826 absolutely right, in markets where people have no range needs beyond 25 miles per day.

Ideally the phev world is the best world, especially for Americans. As the range limits get closer to 50 miles for phev battery packs (and ideally, hopefully they’ll end up reaching as high as 75-100 miles,) it’d be fairly easy for most Americans to drive to work one way in EV only mode, charge at work with level 2 charger, and be fully charged by the end of the work day so they can go back home in EV only mode as well. Since we love our road trips but don’t typically take more than a couple of trips per year, nor do we really travel more than 100 miles in a single day anyways, the gas engine is better suited for those long trips/days as opposed to an EV only car with a battery pack 10 times the size of a PHEV battery pack. It’s a waste of battery resources to make those massive battery packs that will hardly ever be fully depleted. It makes so much more sense to push for PHEVs and more level 2 charging infrastructure at work places to help enable that. Gas would only have to be used for road trips or days of really, really heavy driving. I guess if anyone does do a lot of driving every day, like rideshare or delivery drivers, then sure, those guys need EVs to truly curtail their gas use, but the majority of Americans simply don’t need a massive battery pack.

@@pinkjuano the answer you're looking for is "cheap 150-to-200-mile EVs" for that 95% of commuting use, plus rental/ride-sharing/mass transit for those couple of road trips a year. But, we Americans are forever stuck on overbuying cars (actually, trucks and SUVs) for capabilities we seldom (or never) use.

That's pretty much why Nissan is going all-in on its e-POWER series hybrid system... everywhere except America.

@@themanthemyththebanger something that should/could have been done, at least ten years ago, though

4:11 26mpg ☹️

I've seen reviews say they've gotten mid to high 30's in hybrid mode and 26 mpg in charge mode

@@skylerfrankum7717 26 is the EPA rating

I'm getting 6L/100km or 39 mpg in the winter on winter tires.

@@drzoidberg1 Those are similar numbers to what we get after 6 months of driving.

These are pretty close, I decided to post it on both channels because this is in the running for the next long term test vehicle for both channels. EVs will be here 99% of the time, gas vehicles will always 100% of the time be over there. Sometimes there will be cross pollination where it seems right.

I bought this three weeks ago and have rarely used any gas. I keep on driving it in EV only mode and it says I'm driving an EV 90% of the time that number would have been higher had my dealer remember to charge it up for the 200-mile long ride home, LOL. It is an awesome vehicle. It can tow up to 1,500 pounds I don't know if that's enough for you. you

That feature is not available on U.S. models. I think Autel is coming out with a V2H home charging station that's supposed to be universal. Not coming out until summer though.

dcbel r16 CHAdeMO bi-directional charge is available in the U.S..... and Delta′s 6kW V2X Charger is a bi-directional which is. marketed in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Japan.... and the COMING SOON Autel MaxiCharger DCV2X shows a CCS connector.... but CHAdeMO is DOA in the USA, so it would be a poor investment....

@@nc3826 If I remember correctly, on the dcbel r16, they can change out the plug to CCS later if you get a vehicle that needs it, so you don't need to buy a whole new unit when the time comes. I'm considering one for my Nissan LEAF since it's considerably cheaper than getting a whole home inverter, transfer switch, and stationary batteries of the same capacity for backup purposes. Plus there's the solar integration and the intelligent charging management. Currently not available in my part of the world, but supposed to be in the new year or two. Only thing I want to get clarified is generator integration for longer outages. Ideally I'd want to trigger the generator to run automatically when the car battery goes low, and turn off when the battery is charged above a threshold, but I think I might need additional hardware and software.

@@seabream When I checked out the dcbel r16, months ago the CHAdeMO version vs the CCS type1 version, were totally separate... With the CCS version supposed to be getting bidirectional charging capabilities at a later date.... Those subset of protocols were not finalized... CHAdeMO vs CCS type1 DCFC standards, are based on different protocols (It's analogous to them speaking different languages)... So if dcbel offers a conversion option now, that would be very unusual in the industry... and they are designed for the North American market, with a 120-volt split phase service... And I'm aware of the other capabilities it offers, depending on how it's configured.... It's a relatively new and small company, so I would suggest triple checking everything ahead of time... And good luck getting configured and installed to meet your needs...

Wallbox may be the only one that is reasonable at the moment, but still, it's like 5000k 😆 A couple of manufacturers are working on one for later this year that is only twice the cost of a regular home charger though... I wouldn't expect many videos before then... try die hard Leaf owners if you want a preview

I mean the fact that it's way more than double the price is a pretty big difference...

Just another thing to go wrong that's all. If the power was night and day difference, then that would be different story but its not in this case. Also you will find that the outlander phev has a better depreciation value than the kia. But overall, the outlander is a better equipped and AWD handling performance.

It's the worst idea to put a turbo in a hybrid vehicle.

If you can't charge reliably at work or home daily (maybe weekly) I can't say a PHEV is a slam dunk best option. In this case though, all you need is access to a standard 120v outlet. -Travis

⁠@@EVBuyersGuideI was thinking of the regenerative breaking that could help me recharging the battery. I drive at least 31km going to work and another 31km going home. Maybe I can use the EV mode whenever I need to go to the grocery store.

Diamond white with a black roof

Normally I'd say it was perfectly adequate, however, the poor efficiency of the Outlander means it's battery pack is pretty large which means 3.3 really is quite slow. I had a RAV4 Prime and the smaller more efficient battery was fine with 3.3.

I mean, there are tons of PHEVs on the market now. The Prius Prime is probably the closest to the Volt in terms of size

@@therolando608 Well no the volt was an EV first with a gas range extender. There was no mechanical linkage between the anemic gas motor and the wheels. In terms of size the prius prime, the ioniq phev (discontinued for 2022) and the clarity

The Pacifica costs about $10k more and has reliability issues. If you have a real need for a third row then an Outlander isn't for you. It's third row is definitely small, and really only fit for occasional use. But where I don't personally need a third row more than a few times a year there's no way I would take a Pacifica over an Outlander. I'd be paying more to get a worse product.

Their numbers included some EV driving which will bump the number up. I am familiar with the reviews and journalists that were on that program

@@EVBuyersGuide So you mean that in hybrid mode, the fuel economy is 26mpg? We know that the PHEV is heavier (400kg) than the regular gas model...but how can they have the same fuel efficiency? It would mean that the hybrid mode on the PHEV has 0 effect vs gas model. If it's 26mpg in NORMAL mode (hybrid), then on SAVE mode (only gas) it would be something like 20-22mpg?

The fuel consumption on paper is different to reality. On long journeys, the outlander should be on SAVE mode, and that has been giving us about 6-7l/100km with a full load. The rav4 hybrid, you get about the same but you dunt get to use full EV mode like the outlander during short journeys and that's where a big saving is from the outlander. Because generally, people don't go on a long journey each day.

@nurpurp15 prime is driven by transmission and not a direct drive like the Mitsi. So even though they are both phev, but they use different technology to power the electric motors and that's why the prime cannot drive on full EV like the Outlander does. Even though both are phev. Hope this make sense to you.

@@davidyang577 the Prime can absolutely drive in EV only mode. I had a Prime and didn't use a drop of gas for the majority of my driving.

What do you mean?

so...don't buy one if you don't like it? thanks for your input, i'll alert the media of your position

so don't buy one? hundreds of thousands of people in Asia and Europe disagree with you because they've sold a fuck ton of these things but thanks for your input.

@@adamcoe just goes to show the poor taste in asia and europe