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Plugin hybrid will be too costly soon, because it is unavoidably more costly than an ICE car (because it is an ICE car plus a lot more stuff) and will become mo
by anovikov 9y ago
Plugin hybrid will be too costly soon, because it is unavoidably more costly than an ICE car (because it is an ICE car plus a lot more stuff) and will become more expensive than a pure BEV soon too as price of larger battery will no longer be more as price of gas engine and generator. That moment is already very close, most likely, it is already too late to build a mass market plug-in hybrid.
- derekp7 9y agoI've thought of a plugin hybrid as the same as a regular hybrid, but with a bigger battery. And a regular hybrid does have a somewhat simpler transmission (simple in the mechanical sense -- only one planetary gear system, plus two motor/generators, but quite a bit of software control is needed). Take a look at one of the videos of a Ford or Toyota ECVT transmission teardown. These things are a beautiful in the mechanical sense.