Ford C-Max Plug-in Hybrid

Happily Retired 2 wrote:
We have only purchased an additional 7 gallons of gas, and we still have most of it in the tank!! We are averaging between 125 to 135 mpg!! We do lots of errands of 20 miles or less, and then plug in again. If you were consistently driving much further between charges, then your gas engine would kick in more than ours does!

It is easy to tow and has become our favorite daily driver while the minivan and truck sit in the driveway!!

Our minivan and truck sit most of the time as well.

We've had the Volt for a year, put 15000 miles on it, 10000 of those have been electric. Lifetime MPG is 84.66 (2.78 L/100km) and climbing. :)

At home we plug into a dedicated standard outlet. At the campgrounds there has always been a regular 15 amp outlet beside the 30 and 50 amp. If not you could use an adaptor on the 30 or 50.

Do you plug into 30A or 50A socket?

We looked at both of the Ford C-Max models. We decided on the Energi.

Since the Energi comes with heated leather seats you really need to compare it to the SEL model which has the same. Base prices on those 2 are about $4500 apart. That difference is easily made up with the tax credit!! You do lose some cargo space in the Energi due to the bigger battery.

We are getting incredible gas mileage with our plug in Energi. We have driven 2000 miles since purchasing it in April. It came with the original 14 gallon dealer's tank. We have only purchased an additional 7 gallons of gas, and we still have most of it in the tank!! We are averaging between 125 to 135 mpg!! We do lots of errands of 20 miles or less, and then plug in again. If you were consistently driving much further between charges, then your gas engine would kick in more than ours does!

We have been able to plug in at all 3 campgrounds we have towed it to. One was a county park, one was a state park, and one was a National park. You just have to position your RV so you have enough cord to plug in, since Ford does not recommend you use an extension cord.

Ford also just sent us an additional $775 because they have adjusted their projected fuel economy down a couple of mpg!!! Laughed all the way to the bank!! :)

It is easy to tow and has become our favorite daily driver while the minivan and truck sit in the driveway!! Do be sure to install a charge line with either model.

We would highly recommend the plug in C-Max Energi over the regular C-Max hybrid!!

The Volt isn't flat towable, unfortunately, but I have sometimes driven to the campgrounds to visit or stay with others and I charged it then.

easycamper wrote:
I have a fifth wheel but I drive my Chevy Volt to Provincial Parks occasionally. No issues at all with charging at the campsite.

As you're probably aware, you get a $5808 rebate from the Ontario government that can be used for the down payment which offsets much of the cost difference.

Yes, that's why I'm considering the plug-in version instead of the common hybrid version which (to my understanding), doesn't come with any province credit... Glad to hear that you can charge them. I didn't realize Chevy Volt is flat towable...

I have a fifth wheel but I drive my Chevy Volt to Provincial Parks occasionally. No issues at all with charging at the campsite.

As you're probably aware, you get a $5808 rebate from the Ontario government that can be used for the down payment which offsets much of the cost difference.