Does the plug-in hybrid car save fuel if it has no electricity?

Plug-in hybrid vehicles are new energy vehicles, which can enjoy policy subsidies in China. Moreover, many brands have introduced plug-in hybrid vehicles, and these vehicles basiCALLy use "low fuel consumption" as a selling point to call their own vehicles.

For example, BYD's plug-in hybrid models, such as Qin 1 and Tang 1, are all marked with the "542" logo, which means: the acceleration of 1 kilometers is within 5 seconds; Extreme speed electric 4 drive; The fuel consumption per 1 kilometers is less than 2 liters.

since it is a new energy vehicle, it is entirely reasonable to slogan "fuel saving". However, for plug-in hybrid vehicles, the title of "fuel saving" is sometimes a bit unworthy. For a consumer who buys plug-in hybrid vehicles, if 99% of the trips are within 7 or 8 kilometers, it is right to choose this plug-in hybrid vehicle, which can basically be directly used as a pure electric vehicle.

But if your daily journey is more than 1 kilometers, if you just want to "save fuel" or reduce the car cost, you can choose a pure electric vehicle with a long cruising range, and you can also choose a non-plug-in hybrid vehicle, such as Toyota Corolla twin-engine and Camry twin-engine.

once the plug-in hybrid vehicle runs out of electricity, it can only be driven by the traditional fuel engine. in this case, the so-called fuel consumption as low as 2 liters per 1 kilometers can only be regarded as a joke. Normally, the actual fuel consumption of a plug-in hybrid vehicle is never as amazing as the data shows. The low fuel consumption of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is entirely due to the magical fuel consumption algorithm of plug-in hybrid vehicles in China. Under this algorithm, a vehicle with a fuel consumption of more than 1L/1km at low power consumption may also get an ultra-low fuel consumption of 2L/1km after calculation. In other words, if a plug-in hybrid vehicle has no electricity, its fuel consumption is quite amazing, which is much higher than that of the same class or the same model (many plug-in hybrid vehicles in China are based on traditional fuel vehicles).

in fact, if you charge every day and the mileage is short, the fuel consumption of 2L per 1 kilometers can be achieved, and even L is possible. It's just that at present, under the strange encouragement policy in China, there are many abnormal ways to use cars, such as plug-in hybrid cars that run all over Shanghai and never plug in ...