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PHEVs are like EVs only they are terrible cars in EV mode. I guess that doesn't bother you, if you haven't noticed. If you've looked at sales, you might notice
by greglindahl 9y ago
PHEVs are like EVs only they are terrible cars in EV mode. I guess that doesn't bother you, if you haven't noticed.
If you've looked at sales, you might notice that Chevy Bolt (pure EV) sales tripled in the last year to pass Chevy Volt (PHEV) sales, which are flat.
- danans 9y ago> PHEVs are like EVs only they are terrible cars in EV mode. I guess that doesn't bother you, if you haven't noticed. I'd guess that for a lot of car buyers, practicality of a car (capacity, safety, comfort, convenience) are more important than high performance. All the PHEVs on the market meet the basic requirements for all of those criteria as good as or better than equivalent ICEs, and many can even beat equivalent ICEs in acceleration due to their electric drivetrain, if that's important to you. And the Bolt is indeed great, and clearly pure EVs are the future, and PHEVs will be relegated to particular niches.