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Hybrids (or battery swaps) make sense until apartments and employers have power outlets for every parking space.
by erik_seaberg 8y ago
Hybrids (or battery swaps) make sense until apartments and employers have power outlets for every parking space.
- anovikov 8y agoNot really. For daily driving cycle, you will have enough of battery for charging just once per day, overnight, if you can't do it then plug-in hybrid is of no value to you compared to an ICE car (or a traditional non-plugin hybrid), simply because you don't plug in. For long journeys, you need fast chargers anyway, and you mostly have it on highways.
- erik_seaberg 8y agoNon-plugin hybrids had all the drawbacks of gas engine drivetrains, but I view a plug-in hybrid as an electric car with a backup plan. Pure electric car owners are betting they'll never need that, but some of them are wrong. That said, I've had a reasonably cheap and reliable used Elantra for a while, and I'm holding off on these until the market settles.