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Electric for 95% of driving, gas to eliminate range anxiety for the few longer trips per year. Use the gas for charging the batteries - no connection between ga

by voisin 3y ago

Electric for 95% of driving, gas to eliminate range anxiety for the few longer trips per year. Use the gas for charging the batteries - no connection between gas engine and electric drivetrain.

Abroszka 3y ago
But then just rent an ICE car when you go for a long drive... better for the environment.
- oldnetguy 3y ago
  That makes no financial sense. I bought a car because rentals over time exceeded the ownership of owning. Since many trips are outside the EV range.
  - Abroszka 3y ago
    Not sure. In the comment I replied to, they mentioned that EV is good 95% of the time. In that case, renting a car, like once a month, for a long range tip would make sense imo. Better yet, public transport, then rent an EV there.
    - olyjohn 3y ago
      Or just get a PHEV. And then you only need 1/3 of the batteries in your car, and you don't have to deal with rentals. Does it really make sense to have 300 miles worth of batteries that you haul around in your car when 90% of your trips are less than 100 miles?
      - Abroszka 3y ago
        No, but it makes less sense to haul around an ICE or more battery than needed for 100 miles.
- uoaei 3y ago
  Have you dealt with a rental agency in a population hub any time in the past 15 years? It's awful service and such a pain to do all the research anew on pricing every time you want to do a drive. Much easier to manage your own predictable resources than try to shove your use-case into another organization's framework.
max51 3y ago
> Use the gas for charging the batteries - no connection between gas engine and electric drivetrain. Almost all of them have a connection from the gas engine to the wheels. I don't know if it is still the case today, but no that long ago many hybrid models even reused the same automatic transmission from the ICE version of the car. Hybrids are not designed as an electric car with a generator, the drivetrain is truly "hybrid" and send direct mechanical power form the ICE to the wheels

by voisin 3y ago

Electric for 95% of driving, gas to eliminate range anxiety for the few longer trips per year. Use the gas for charging the batteries - no connection between gas engine and electric drivetrain.

Abroszka 3y ago

But then just rent an ICE car when you go for a long drive... better for the environment.

oldnetguy 3y ago
That makes no financial sense. I bought a car because rentals over time exceeded the ownership of owning. Since many trips are outside the EV range.
- Abroszka 3y ago
  Not sure. In the comment I replied to, they mentioned that EV is good 95% of the time. In that case, renting a car, like once a month, for a long range tip would make sense imo. Better yet, public transport, then rent an EV there.
  - olyjohn 3y ago
    Or just get a PHEV. And then you only need 1/3 of the batteries in your car, and you don't have to deal with rentals. Does it really make sense to have 300 miles worth of batteries that you haul around in your car when 90% of your trips are less than 100 miles?
    - Abroszka 3y ago
      No, but it makes less sense to haul around an ICE or more battery than needed for 100 miles.
uoaei 3y ago
Have you dealt with a rental agency in a population hub any time in the past 15 years? It's awful service and such a pain to do all the research anew on pricing every time you want to do a drive. Much easier to manage your own predictable resources than try to shove your use-case into another organization's framework.

max51 3y ago

> Use the gas for charging the batteries - no connection between gas engine and electric drivetrain. Almost all of them have a connection from the gas engine to the wheels. I don't know if it is still the case today, but no that long ago many hybrid models even reused the same automatic transmission from the ICE version of the car. Hybrids are not designed as an electric car with a generator, the drivetrain is truly "hybrid" and send direct mechanical power form the ICE to the wheels