2022 Kia Sorento PHEV – MPG Test | Real-world Highway Range

The Kia Sorento PHEV is a good for larger families looking for an efficient people mover. However, with its limited EV-only usage and less-than-stellar highway fuel economy numbers, you may have better options.

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[josephmoore]

I drove from the lot after buying this in 20-30 degree weather 400 miles away all highway. I got 26mpg on highway but I had drained the battery within the first 30 miles because didn't know to hit the hev button. Now with 60 degree weather and using battery I am basically never touching gas. It's the 80mph that gets it back down to 26mpg. If you stay 60-70 you get 29-35mpg fully loaded with people and even a cargo trailer I put on the hitch. It seems like you pay for speeding big time. I love the car anyway and now basically use no gas in town.

[DailyMotor]

@Right Lane Hog, how did Chris do on his first solo mpg test?

[Grobar]

I really like your testing method since im curious how effective the 1.6 motor is on a such big car.

[rockerdriver]

I sure hope you can redo that in a few months when it’s about 60F and fully charged. For comparison, I was able to average 31mpg on a rented previous generation 2020 Grand Cherokee with the standard 3.6L V6 for 1200 miles from Hartford CT to Des Moines! That was avoiding toll roads and keeping near the speed limits.

[bornfeb]

@dailymotor Can you test the MPG on the regular 2022 hybrid Sorento? Not the plug-in. I greatly appreciate it.

[emersonmsd]

Nice video. 26 mpg at 70 mph that seems a lot. 9L/100 km where I am. We cruise at 130 km/h (80 mph) That would push it to 10 L/100km. Suprise your international now. Subscribed.😁 I have an HEV version on order.

[Drogos]

I know it's a bigger car but how it felt compared to new Tuscon in comfort and noise isolation

[davidzavala]

I live at the Mexican border and a hybrid or plug is a sweet deal. We do hours a day on bumper to bumper traffic and border wait, so that's when we save. Highway, yes, not the best, maybe if you only freeway long travels a diesel is better, but if frequent stop and go traffic are your thing, get a PHV o hybrid. In in SoCal where I live (San Diego/ Tijuana mexico area) gas is $5.80.

[tsmatthx]

Was it using electricity....? My Honda accord hybrid goes full electric just randomly crusing 70mph here and there when not going uphill

[mattterry]

I dont think long distance is where this vehicle shines. Its around town car and that's what plug in hybrid are all about. I drive about 35-40 miles per day and most is not all of that is on Electric only. I'm in California though and it's not 22 degrees ever where I live. I fill up about 1 time per month, not too shabby. My mpg right now per the car (same tank of gas now for almost 4 weeks is 138mpg, because I'm mostly Electric.

[wingovertd]

Thanks for the video, really cool! Sad about the consumption. Did you turn off the hybrid mode, or just out off eletric fuel?
Can anyone else confirme the real consumption @120kmh on highway on a long trip?

[tonyw]

I have the same car and this highway mpg is about right. I hope with warmer weather the mpg will improve.

[DaKillmonger]

Why run battery down? Running ev as well is the purpose of the plug in hybrid

[HugoAguilera]

1:43 - wait what? Other videos I have seen of this exact same car mention that you CAN run in EV only mode (assuming the battery has juice), and that the engine will kick on in certain situations, and then more frequently as the battery drains down. That being said, your test is a bit misleading. Running the car with the battery completely drained is nothing more than an MPG test on the 1.6T engine, which is fine I guess. Except, the vast majority of the time you will drive with some amount of juice in the battery, which WILL help MPG. The comments are about this PHEV are very negative because I don't think people are fully understanding your testing methodology here.

[soulclassics]

We own a Sorento PHEV in Germany. Same engine as in the US, but a few upgrades here in Europe. Head up display, memory seats, bench in second row.

7 Seats are optional, we own a 5seater.
MSRP is much higher here (63.900€ = 70.000$ including tax).
But you get 6.000€ rebate for PHEVs 2/3 sponsored by government, 1/3 from the manufacturer.
(For BEVs you get 9.000€ rebate.)
We paid 48.000€ including tax September 2021 to get an instant available top-trim ("Platinum") Sorento PHEV from the dealer 6months old with 3.900km on it.



First 10, 000km (=6, 215 Miles) we did 50% commuting mainly electric, charging every night.
50% long distance without charging at all. Average was 5, 5l/100km = 42.9 MPG.
That are real world data.



With Putin's terrible and cruel war on Ukraine gas-prices almost doubled in the past weeks.
Diesel costs 2, 30€/l at the moment = 9, 59$ per Gallon!

We are really happy to drive full electric in every day life. That saves a lot.

The Sorento PHEV is a wonderful spacious and comfortable car, saves gas/carbon/money and brings luxury like a Volvo XC90 or Audi/Mercedes/BMW at a reasonable price.
In Europe we get a 7 years warranty including free online services and navigation updates.

Well done KIA!

[alexk]

26 mpg is 9l/100km. I was expecting better fuel economy as my old diesel Sorento 2008 does 9l of diesel per 100km on highway.

[davidzavala]

How can we force the EPA do 70mph testing? Highway means those speeds, I mean lots of people even go faster.

[kinggzz]

we have a 2500hd duramax deisel that we drove 840 miles on one tank of fuel . we averaged 27mpg on that trip and get 25-26 mpg consistently and 22 in town. so you are telling me that a hybrid gets no better mpg than my giant diesel 2550hd z71 4x4 truck?? thats terrible.

[Teck.]

Sure, 26mpg may come off as bad however ya'll have to remember it's 22f. Cars in general do worse on MPG at that temperature and Hybrids lose about 30% MPG when the weather gets to 20f. I'd imagine that it would do a decent amount better if the weather was closer to 60f or above.

[anthonyg]

I heard the Sorento can not drive ev only mode on the winter because I does not have a heat pump. So if your running your heater the engine has to constantly be running. If that is true it's a deal breaker for me. The outlander and rav4 can produce heat without the engine running.