The first two loops, where we saw 30.1 and 31.9 miles from a charge, were from a relaxed mix of normal (and not particularly gentle) driving, including some slow speed driving, larger boulevards, and short stints at highway speeds. We kept the climate control set to Auto and 72 to 74 degrees, because in family vehicles making kids endure any measure of stuffy and hot can be more cause for crankiness.
It was mild summer weather, so all four loops included outside temperatures ranging from 73 to 82 degrees. The only time in those four cycles that we didn’t start and arrive on battery power was when we had to head out to the suburbs and immediately back in our mid-size metro area, getting 31.9 miles out of the charge and doing the last mile or so with the gasoline engine. We went about normal errands, sized this family van up as a commuting device, and noted trip-computer-indicated distances on those charges of 30.1, 31.9, 28.4, and 35.7 miles.
#CHRYSLER PACIFICA HYBRID FULL#
Just as that trip was coming to a close, we put a different Pacifica Hybrid to the test in Portland, Oregon, running through four full charges. It performed with no compromises-perhaps better at high altitude-than the standard Pacifica, and despite hauling around the extra weight of the battery pack, it achieved better mileage than the standard Pacifica-even when loaded down with the whole kit and caboodle of a full family and the rigors of high-speed cruising on mountain roads of the American West.
To the latter point, we just took a Pacifica Hybrid on a 1,640-mile road trip from Jackson, Wyoming to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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