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PHEVs are more complex, but arguably not more complex than having both a BEV and an ICE vehicle. If a BEV covers 95% of my driving needs, that sounds great, but
by tshaddox 5y ago
PHEVs are more complex, but arguably not more complex than having both a BEV and an ICE vehicle. If a BEV covers 95% of my driving needs, that sounds great, but it still means I need two cars if one is a BEV.
- philistine 5y ago5% of your drives sounds like a problem solved by a car rental, not by owning two vehicles.
- sokoloff 5y agoUnless those 5% of rides start an airplane flight away, I can't imagine very many people are going to pay all the costs to own a car and all the costs and hassle/time-wastage of renting a car once or twice a month. They'll buy a PHEV, hybrid, or conventional car and wait for the BEVs to improve. (I'm a LEAF owner, but can trade cars with my spouse when I need to. I think twice in 7 years we've both needed to drive a distance in a single day where the shorter drive would stress the LEAF.)
- tshaddox 5y agoRight, but that’s exactly my point, you wouldn’t own two vehicles, and you wouldn’t own one vehicle that still requires you to regularly rent a second vehicle. You’ll just own a single vehicle that covers 100% of your driving needs.