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A drive of more than about 1000 miles might be nearly always unwise, but the average person drives 200+ miles in a day often enough that it is worth planning fo
by asdgoinion 3y ago
A drive of more than about 1000 miles might be nearly always unwise, but the average person drives 200+ miles in a day often enough that it is worth planning for. It's a valuable capability even if it's only needed twice a year.
Also note that, by your own numbers, a plug-in hybrid like the Prius Prime can do somewhere around 95% of trips without using any fuel. You can get nearly all the efficiency of an EV without paying the EV premium or sacrificing practicality.
- ethbr1 3y agoI never understood the manufacturer/market(?) resistance to PHEVs. Is it the from-wall-power inverter that was overly complicated/expensive? It seemed like the best of all worlds with 00s/10s technology. No range worries, majority of trips could be electric-only, no need to cram huge, expensive battery capacity in, and no user behavior training past "Also, plug your car in at night." If the world in 2000 had mandated "And also, all vehicles must include some form of PHEV capability", we could have had a much easier transition to electrification via addition of charging at existing gas stations.