PHEV : Has anyone ever used CHG mode?

[Nick72]

And if so why?

I just realised I never even pressed the  button in 3 years on the last PHEV.

I want to press it on the new one but I don't know why.

Just curious to understand if anyone has found a use case?

For me, the main use case is the one I can't have because we don't get the 1.5kW mains inverter. That is to say, put charge in the traction Battery to power the inverter to power my power tools, a microwave oven, or just my power hungry laptop which is greater than the 150W output we get in the UK from the rear mains plug socket. When I'm out it the styx.

[philip42h]

I've obviously never used CHG mode but I've always understood that it was there to provide additional EV range for use later in a journey. For example, run the car in CHG mode along the motorway so that you can run in pure EV through the city ... 

[Nick72]

35 minutes ago, philip42h said:

I've obviously never used CHG mode but I've always understood that it was there to provide additional EV range for use later in a journey. For example, run the car in CHG mode along the motorway so that you can run in pure EV through the city ... 

Presumably for emissions reasons rather than efficiency, since that would be false economy?