EPA cycle plus the 530e's max regen during braking plus battery size, max possible on the USA's testing cycle the car could ever achieve is 90mpge

keep in mind the 530e's battery is only 12kWh, that's significantly less than the X5 45e at 24kWh, or any of the BEV (all electric) cars that start at 32kWh (that's the MINI Cooper SE that maxes out around 110miles) and 81kwh for the i4 or 111 for the iX.

Holy cannoli, just reread your question... haha so your MPG average is your gas consumption... that maxes out at 90 mpg just because that's the closes BMW deemed was necessary to show a theoretical infinite fuel economy. when in electric mode you are using zero gas, the same amount as if you were coasting or simply off throttle ( in all 3 instances the car is using zero gas, ergo maximum fuel economy) electric efficiency in turn is measured in BMWs as miles/kW, or if you're a tesla watts/mile (they be weird...)

the Air Conditioning and all climate control functions are based on the electric battery of the car, so the engine completely shuts down. I'm a little confused by your 3rd question... was that how long to fully charge or how long can you go with a full charge? on a level 2 charger the PHEVs on average charge in 5 hours 0-100% the PHEVs are also limited to 3.8kW of charging where the BEVs can take in 7.7-11kW of level two power. not sure if that's where your question was going so please clarify if i didn't answer it for you.

@@appointedcounsel5550 CarPlay doesn’t have the same integrations as onboard system. Might be changing with the coming Carplay2.0 if BMW allows integration, which at this point might be limited to iDrive9 cars.

@@RichardBaines-o2r battery control mode is going to be your main highway. Drive option if you want to maintain your battery for getting off the highway… If you’re using Bmw’s on board navigation, you can also be in standard hybrid or hybrid eco-pro mode.

@@RichardBaines-o2r to switch to just petrol mode press the battery button directly above your start stop button

Thankyou

Thanks mate

Depending on the car, there might be an option to select eco pro individual as default (it varies based on whether you have a Phev, MY, and if you have idrive8