KIA SPORTAGE PHEV 2024 REAL RANGE TEST : HOW MANY MILES? 😱

[@jeffhands7097]

Greetings from Germany! I have the 2023 Sportage Plug-In Hybrid. In the German market, the GT Line is the top spec and has all the bells and whistles, including adaptive suspension dampers which give this car better ride and handling than my previous car, a 2022 BMW X3. I agree the driving modes aren’t as clear as I’d wish. I use electric mode for the city and hybrid mode for everything else. I don’t quite understand Automatic mode, and therefore don’t use it. I get 65-70 kilometers electric range, which translates to 40-43.5 miles. I have 13,000 km (8,000 miles) and have had no problems with it. Mine is Blue Flame with the black roof, which looks fine over here, in a sea of black, white, silver and grey cars. I love the dashboard, but I only wish there was a light interior color option. The black interior is fine, albeit a bit dark and dreary for my tastes.

[@corbinangelo3359]

Funny, I own the same car and also only use electric and hybrid mode for the same reason you do. I wish it had a slightly bigger fuel tank. But I guess that's because I'm used to drive diesels in the past. 😅

[@jss455]

I have owned the 2023 Prestige for 6 months. For the life of ownership, we are averaging 61mpg/+96km. Due to the type of driving I did on one tank, I drove +1,300 miles on 9 gallons of gas. That’s over 2,100km on 34 liters. Pretty amazing! We have a level 2 charger at home - the best way to go if you own a PHEV. Our other car is a base model 2021 Prius. For the life of ownership - we are getting +80mpg/129km. As a norm, we are pretty much depleting the batteries in both car approx. 50% of the time.

[@donalddovaston2212]

I live in Ireland and am very happy with my Kia PHEV Sportage K4. We use km here, and my everyday driving does not include motorways. I average between 60 and 70km to every charge, about 37.2 and 43.5 miles. To check this correctly, you would need to drive without the engine running at any time, as this would affect the range, without air conditioning or heating, as these bring the engine on. Switching between driving modes will also start the engine. I noticed the engine was running in your video while you did the range test. Even with the range at zero, I have never seen my battery go below 15%. I think it is there to either protect the battery and/or give the engine an extra boost when the range is at zero. The fuel consumption on long journeys is 6L/100 = 47 mpg. Although I have done 1L/100 = 282 mpg over several weeks running on battery alone. However, you mentioned boosting the battery. This can be done by switching to sports mode.

[@sjnix7044]

I bought the US version of this with EVERYTHING. Here it is called the X-Line Prestige. I've had it exactly a month and absolutely love it. I was spending about $240 a month on fuel for my 2012 Honda Odyssey. I just crunched the (loose) numbers for my fuel for the month of April and I came in right $100. That is a $140 in fuel savings a month which is FANTASTIC. I love the heated and cooled seat as well along with a bunch of the other top trim perks.

[@CarChatTV]

Thanks for the comment 🤗 it’s great to hear you are loving it and getting some savings too! Thank you for sharing with us and chatting to us 😁

[@angleseyandy9110]

@@sjnix7044 saving 140 pm is nothing compared to the cost of buying the thing.

[@jss455]

Agreed! Love this car! So comfortable and quiet!

[@simonstringfellow5394]

I've ordered this over the Tucson because the BIK tax is lower on the Sportage even though they are effectively the same. I currently have the Kia Proceed GT which is a fun car but the BIK tax on them now is stupid so PHEV is the way forward for me. I'm going to be interested what mpg I get on a combination of A, B and Motorways roads for my daily commute.

[@babysonny1]

I have a 2024 Kia Sportage PHEV Xline Prestige in the US. 2 months in and I average 95% of my driving is on EV mode and 5% HEV. On EV only, I get around 40-42 miles range per 85% battery usage in daily suburban driving 35mph to 40mph speed limit (down to 15% car will switch to HEV). I always drive about 5 mph over the speed limit. Kia has it at 34 miles range on EV, but I'm averaging 6-8 miles range above. So I would guess the 34 miles range is for drivers with a heavy foot. My final verdict is EV range is above the advertise 34 miles range spec.

[@davidatkinson2167]

Don't forget, US gallons are different from UK gallons. Don't ask me why, I don't know.

[@corbinangelo3359]

When you talk about 4wd, I think its important to note that the Sportage PHEV as a real 4wd because electric and petrol engine sit side by side and drive the same gearbox / 4wd system. Therefore they can both do 4wd alone, or complement each other. My mates BMW X3 also has 4wd. but the petrol engine only drives the front wheels, and the electric only drives the rear wheels.

[@MrWhelts]

To save charge, select Sports Mode, uses both modes but mainly the engine so charges the battery up fairly quickly.

[@CarChatTV]

Oooo this is a handy tip. Thanks for sharing and leaving us a comment 🤗

[@jeffhands7097]

@@MrWhelts Yes, I discovered this quite by accident. By driving in Sport mode, you end up activating battery charging, which rarely happens in Eco HEV mode. I found that by driving at around 90-110 km/h, I will get 10 km charge back by driving about 30 km in Sport (mostly petroleum/gasoline mode). Eco HEV mode optimizes petroleum/gasoline efficiency, but does very litte to charge the battery.

[@ksockhak]

@@jeffhands7097 i just got the 2025 sportage SX, i did not know this, wow, whats a pretty nice!

[@markjohnson3530]

I have the PHEV '4' on a 72 plate. In my opinion the best option to get all the bells & whistles of the gt-s without paying the extra for a power tailgate and cooling seats. I have a short commute, 6 miles each way. So I use about a quarter of the battery each day going to and from work. This is the perfect use case for this car. I get three days commute for approx £3 of electric. The car never uses the last quarter of battery, keeping that in reserve. So I get about 36 miles of electric only driving, never using the engine. One caveat is that as soon as you turn on the heating, the engine kicks in. The car doesn't have a heat pump so requires the engine to produce heat. This is pain in winter, but thankfully the last one has been quite mild. During the summer months I put about £20 worth of fuel every 6-8 weeks, this figure goes up during winter and I charge the car every 3-4 days from home on a trickle charger. Great car, really comfy, bik is only 8% so friendly on the wallet as well.

[@CarChatTV]

Hey Mark, thanks so much for the comment and sharing. This is really good and useful information to others. Sounds mega cheap the way you run it. Thanks for chatting to us 🤗

[@irenemargitich4888]

I have found that if I need to accelerate quickly the gasoline engine starts up every time. I've used 100 mi worth of gas and only turned on the combustion in other words hybrid for a total of 10 MI. I don't know if this is normal has anybody else experienced this high gas usage when not using the combustion engine intentionally

[@lukaspictures]

What the hell are those plates??? I see that only British people use this strange terminology for the cars. Can you explain? Isn't is just a 2024 or 2023 model year kia sportage?

[@SEmixYuTube]

I have 2023 Sportage PHEV in Canada. It does more than estimated 55km full electric

[@ksockhak]

what is the max you ever gotten? i heard 60km or a little bit more from some people

[@adalsteinn69]

Best thing about phev cars is that you can use all those fancy EV only parking spots :)

[@CarChatTV]

Ooo good point. Love that. Thanks for sharing 🤗

[@martinsmith2652]

Did the battery warning message disappear after you charged the PHEV battery up? I disagree with your test procedure. I think the car will try to keep around 15% of battery in reserve at all times and operate as a HEV when you deplete the batteries to that level. This means you travelled 13.6 miles using 35% charge giving the full range (85%) something closer to 33 miles. But great video, loved the secret button presses, keep up the good work

[@CarChatTV]

Hi Martin, thanks for the comment! I managed to get rid of the warning message by turning the car off for a bit. I never managed to get the car charged up before I handed it back as I don’t have a wallbox and it didn’t come with a 3 pin charger. I tried to charge it up at some charge points but got frustrated with having to create an account etc so I had a strop and just drove off (I was having a bad day lol) I just wanted a recharge feature to see how many miles I could get back into the battery! The car is great loved it. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and chatting to us 🤗

[@gabeshtern1971]

I got the weird battery warning see dealership after my first couple hundred miles too. It might just be a bug in the calibration part of the software if you drive the car continuously to start. I sat in a parking lot for a bit, restarted a couple times then it was fine. Couple thousand miles later and no message again.

[@jss455]

On our 2023, when you’ve depleted the battery it moves into HEV. If you try to put in back into EV or Automatic, it tells you it cannot do so due to the depleted battery. Did you happen to over press that switch back numerous times? As for recharging while driving, I have gone down to 11% and then recharged up to 18%. Which is great as it allow the car to run on EV at lower speeds. It will kick back into HEV once the the caar reaches a certain speed. Also, for your 15 mile vs. 13.6 test - it is all about speed, headwinds, switching to sport mode, etc. During your review and while doing the mileage test, you did switch to sport mode and commented on the quick acceleration. It was a very short time that you did so but knowing this vehicle, that would knock of X amount of MPG. Also, if there were any temperature controls on, there’s a lose of MPG.

[@bobbygilmore2076]

Loved your review. I'm actually in the United States in California. I have my eyes on the 2024 sportage sx prestige hybrid in matte shadow grey with red carmine leather interior (so beautiful). Your video made me even more excited to own one hopefully soon!

[@InnocentLargeWaterfall-fx5rl]

Why did you drain the battery before doing the 0-60 test it would make it a lot slower

[@Funkydood]

I got my wife a 2.5L gasoline engine Sportage, 8-gear auto tranny, which yields close to 40 mpg! And, a big PLUS: 10-year/100,000-mile Warranty!!!

[@CarChatTV]

Awsome thanks for sharing with us and chatting 🤗

[@andymcnaughton2100]

Kuga PHEV is great it has 4 modes - Auto, electric only, save electric for later and charge while driving . Really good for areas where limited charging

[@beautyofnature4890]

Great video thank you..Can you please tell me how many miles kia sportage full hybrid can run per tank ? If you know? Or what is real mpg ?

[@CarChatTV]

Thanks for the comment! I saw on one forum a person wrote : If you were to charge every night and use a tank in 3 days that would give you a total range of 533 miles (105 electric + 428 petrol). I hope that helps. Thanks for chatting with us 🤗

[@beautyofnature4890]

@CarChatTV thank you for your reply..but I m asking for full hybrid not plug in hybrid

[@Arthur_Pint]

Thank you for a very ‘fair-minded’ and honest assessment of the car’s electric range. About 6 weeks ago I bought a 72 plate Sportage PHEV ‘3’ (21,500 odd miles), and I absolutely love it. It’s quiet, refined and well-equipped, and on a personal level, it stores and carries my wife’s disability ‘pavement buggy’ with ease. Now I ‘get’ what some say about it being primarily a ‘low millage’ car, and to be honest most of my journeys are local. That said, I do occasionally take my Sportage out further and to my mind it is still quite economical, even when most of the power comes from the petrol engine. After cruising on motorways, I was surprised at how economical the electric motor worked in tandem with the 6-speed auto gearbox, and on such journey’s I achieved an economy closer to 50 miles per charge as opposed to the official figure of 43 miles.

[@CarChatTV]

Hi Arthur, thanks for the comment and sharing your experience with your car. That’s great that you are getting closer to 50 miles per charge. That goes to show it can be achievable depending on the way you drive it. We love the sportage it’s a great car and you can see why it’s so popular here in the UK. really appreciate you stopping by and chatting to us 🤗

[@MohsinWadee]

How do you find the ride on the 19"(?) wheels?

[@Arthur_Pint]

​@@MohsinWadee Hello. By way of putting you in the picture, when I bought the car I immediately upgraded to Michelin Cross-Climate 2 (SUV) tyres - because where I live, (mid-Wales), it's very hilly, with narrow and often muddy roads and the weather is very changeable. Also, being of a somewhat lazy disposition on the matter, I don't like always having to change back and forth from summer to winter tyres. Overall, above 25mph the ride is very refined and comfortable. However, to be brutally honest, at low speeds the car would probably benefit from having 'a dampener system', because basically at low speeds it really doesn't like pot-holes, ramps and other road irregularities. Hope that helps.

[@parkermate1]

Local EV, distance Hev. Local 90mpg, distance 40mpg.

[@CarChatTV]

Nice one. Thank you for sharing and leaving us a comment 🤗

[@GucciHughes]

Good review, I think you covered most things well although it would have been better to have a full electric only mode range test with 100% and a note of all active features such as climate, radio, wipers, headlights to assess it's range efficiency. Also doing the launch after you depleted the battery seemed pointless as it would need it for the best results. Liked the button mention for settings 👍🏻

[@willayling2379]

Keep these great reviews coming! There simply brilliant!

[@CarChatTV]

Brilliant, thanks so much for the comment and positive words 🤗

[@nikolayyotov5748]

I have the car for an year now and you got 3 things wrong: 1. The battery % and the EV range are non linear. When you have the battery at 100% with AC off it shows range of 70km and in city driving in EV only I have seen reaching 72km range when the battery drops to 12-17% and range says 0km. Usual EV range 60-65km in city. At the moment you start the AC the EV range drops with about 8%. AC cooling mode is purely electric, so after that depends how long you run AC, compared with how long the car actually moves. 2. You cannot deplete the battery to 0% as the car always starts in EV mode and then the gasoline engine kicks in by auto-rotation. 3. When you go for a long distance and you want to keep let say 20km of EV range remaining at your destination, you run first on auto mode and when you see the desired EV range number you switch to HEV mode, then it will maintain the EV range with +/- few km. 4. There is another unusual logic in the algorithm. If you start at EV mode with 100% battery and you drive only downhill, the gasoline engine will start for the first 1km, even if the AC is on cooling mode and there is no need for ICE heat for cabin. It appears trying to recharge the 12V battery a bit. If you slow down to near 0 and continue downhill after you can see an awkward diagram on the power management screen, indicating the wheels power the engine, while ICE is stopped and there is no power going out of the main battery. I believe this is the moment the wheels turning the 12V alternator through the gearbox and the ICE to charge the 12V battery, however the 12V system is not displaying on the power management screen. Another important feature for the EV & PHEV cars is that noone realy needs that 0-100 km/h kick start, however you need good acceleration in the range 70-120 km/h range when you need to overtake and this car is the best in that speed range from anything I have driven before.

[@markfenlon244]

Hi, really interesting and informative 👍.

[@RIOC7362]

Is there any particular reason why the Uk version of Sportage does not include electronic suspension?

[@myname5327]

Hi will it switch automatic to the fuel when run out of ev if driving on the motorway or do i need to stop to switch to the fuel thank you

[@irenemargitich4888]

All you need to do is keep it on hybrid and you will reload the battery and use gas as needed. Don't set it on the default which is EV because you'll deplete your battery

[@lesgomez8914]

When you operate the Kia PHEV Prestige in Sports Mode, it charges the battery almost fully using the gas motor 95+% of the time. So, it acts light and save mode you mentioned!

[@CarChatTV]

Hey Les, thanks for the comment and sharing 🤗

[@johnosterman494]

That's awesome to know. I test drove one today and asked about a "driving charge mode" and they didn't have a great answer. I play the sport vs eco mode in my current CRV to do just that. Charge the battery when I know I need the engine anyway then hit eco on the way down the hill.

[@jeffhands7097]

@@lesgomez8914 Yes, I discovered this function quite by accident, a happy accident!

[@vmauricio06]

I'm between Toyota CH R and this one. What I like of this one is the gearbox, is not cvt, the bagage is bigger than the CH R. But obviously Kia is not Toyota.

[@CarChatTV]

Both are great cars. But if you can’t stand the CVT then this is a great option for you. I would definitely spec both up look at the costs do a test drive and then decide which is the best one for you. Thanks for the comment and chatting to us 🤗

[@ArthurShelby481]

7 year warranty. Check out the Shadow Kia edition.

[@michaelflude9334]

Ordered GTS BEST MODEL hev petrol red awd

[@byteme9718]

Here's the trick, for some. Take advantage of the low company car car tax and never bother charging it.

[@CarChatTV]

That’s exactly what Mat did on our other video. He got a company PHEV Cupra estate and never charges it. Thanks for the comment and chatting 🤗

[@ashb8572]

Loving how newer cars have faults😂 I'd rather have something proven to run like a dependable Japanese car

[@irenemargitich4888]

This beautiful car for me has had so many problems in less than a year

[@tuikotrew]

Nice video, straight to the point which is good and bad. I noticed that there is front radar which for some Sportages is placed in left side (front view) and some have it placed in middle. Do you know why or what's the cause? Does it depend on trim, on motor type ? I like symmetrical things and this one being on the right side drives me nuts :D

[@sherilyngiraldi1555]

This is NOT his grandson..so kindly posing with random child ..❤️

[@davelundon.dt9vf]

2024 model rear floor mat defect. Too big.

[@nachodelosriostormo4777]

Combined fuel consumption is totally meaningless, it can be as high as infinite MPG if you only touch the battery. What's the real fuel consumption you are getting on the highway on a long trip, say 500 km? I plan to ride to work and back, which should be pretty cheap, but I regularly do long trips, and I am afraid this car may turn out to be more wasteful than my current diesel, for all the new tech it packs

[@irenemargitich4888]

I found that I average about 36 miles per gallon on the turnpike where the speed limit is about 70

[@gerrysheahan1700]

Why no mention of the Boot size ?…..Disappointing !,,,,

[@CarChatTV]

Hey Gerry, thanks for the comment. I’m sure we mentioned it in the video. Really sorry to hear about your disappointment. We also do small videos about boot size with the cars we have. I believe it’s 540 litres with the PHEV variant. Appreciate the feedback 🤗

[@irenemargitich4888]

The cargo area is huge

[@ellgee9402]

The UK variants are kinda mid ngl. so small

[@CarChatTV]

Do you have the long wheel base version? Thanks for the comment 🤗

[@michaelflude9334]

Best seats wheels gt s

[@patrickoconnor5494]

PHEV is a complete waste of time unless you are doing mostly sub 30 miles a day, school run etc and charge every single night. Planning on a Sorento PHEV purchase soon for this exact use case.

[@CarChatTV]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I agree if you have small runs it Should work perfectly. I do like PHEVS with a save mode and a recharge only mode to give more options. Thanks for chatting with us 🤗

[@markboucher5776]

A chainsaw is a complete waste of time unless you have a bunch of trees to fell.

[@tbourner10]

"Watch that thing turn off". *doesn't film it. You know we're not in the car with you, right?

[@CarChatTV]

Ah sorry about this. Appreciate the feedback. Sometimes in the edit these bits can get lost. Appreciate you leaving us a comment 🤗

[@nigelbath]

if i was to get a phev it would be the ford kuga good fuel economy than the sportage

[@CarChatTV]

Thanks Nigel for the comment. I’m still waiting to have a go in the Ford kuga PHEV! That would be interesting to see what that’s like. Appreciate you chatting to us 🤗

[@FéargalO]

Shame no 100% battery for the range test

[@CarChatTV]

Yeah we struggled getting it to charge. Some say you can put it in sport mode to recharge it. But we had issues and also didn’t have a place to charge ie wallbox and when we found one it was a long wait! We loved the car tho

[@niceboy60]

Car literally went in to limp mode while he was filming and he is sill praising it 🤷🤦

[@angleseyandy9110]

What's the point of buying something that you can plug in costing so much money and charge it to the max and get no more than 40 miles? Over £40k?!

[@CarChatTV]

Thanks for the comment. And sharing your thoughts🤗 It definitely helps to explore all options. Could be a great option if you pick up a good second hand one for a good price. All depends on people’s situation. Thanks for chatting to us 🤗

[@marksneyd1262]

Because it’s a great option for company car drivers who are paying on average £200/month for a diesel compared to £58/month for the Sportage PHEV.

[@angleseyandy9110]

@@marksneyd1262 lol

[@Antenociti]

Because... that 40 miles on electric get me to work and back... and I charge at work at no cost... so my daily commute to work and home again, throughout the week, is free. Which is 36 miles x 5 = 180 miles a week at no cost to me (£6.81p per gallon diesel, 33mpg av {rural roads} in my oldXC60) that works out to around £1700 a year saving (46 weeks work) in petrol/diesel. Aint to be sniffed at.

[@angleseyandy9110]

@@Antenociti fair enough if that's all you need from your vehicle I guess.

[@michaelflude9334]

Best model gt s hev awd

[@CarChatTV]

Thanks for sharing 👍🏽

[@EXRICHEX]

sportaj

[@CarChatTV]

That’s the gangster way to say it lol thanks for the comment 🤗

[@EXRICHEX]

@CarChatTV I like it. Us Americans say "sport-idge" and im thinking about switching

[@michaelflude9334]

Why are you reading that when driveing ?????

[@CarChatTV]

No one is reading anything? Lol not sure what you mean.

[@michaelflude9334]

Show the car not all the waffle

[@CarChatTV]

Thanks mickey 🤗 appreciate the comment

[@michaelflude9334]

Not best review we've seen

[@CarChatTV]

Ok that’s fair we will take Second best then 🤗 thanks for the comment.

[@michaelflude9334]

Worst driveing we've seen dangerouse

[@CarChatTV]

Do you mean dangermouse?

[@AHoundOnAHonda]

Worst spelling of "driving" and "dangerous" we've seen.