You may think customers are not smart enough to judge different powertrain options, but they are smart enough to know their preferences and that's why PHEV make

You may think customers are not smart enough to judge different powertrain options, but they are smart enough to know their preferences and that's why PHEV makes sense in this moment. If you're a one-car household it's not necessarily enticing to go fully electric on your next car, especially if the charging infrastructure isn't very fleshed out in your area or you have occasional power outages that last longer than a couple of days. It's not a question of total cost of ownership, and it's not a question of battery cost either. It's about owner lifestyle. I am happy to jump headlong into technologies that I love, and I presume many others on HN do as well, but not every consumer has the same preferences as people on HN. Look around you next time you're driving.