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Soon enough gas stations and charging stations will be in the same location. It’s surprising that gas stations haven’t put in a few super chargers already since

Soon enough gas stations and charging stations will be in the same location. It’s surprising that gas stations haven’t put in a few super chargers already since they already have the good locations. Your point seems to me to be about a small detail that isn’t really relevant. Drivers focused on range don’t necessarily care whether it’s hybrid or pure electric, etc.

vel0city 2y ago
Your point was people didn't want to stop and charge for 45 minutes often while on road trips and that many people don't have chargers at home so having 1,300mi of range is potentially useful. This car wouldn't stop and charge and have you wait for 45 minutes unless you're just into that. It runs off petrol. People would stop and pump gas for several minutes and be on their way. Maybe if you go someplace with free level two charging you might take advantage of it, but outside of that you probably would never charge it in public. Just use gas. You directly stated waiting to charge for 45 minutes at a supercharger "...is currently the only option." But it is not. Hybrids, and plug-in hybrids like this, have been an option for a long time. The idea that one can quickly "recharge" on the go at a gas station is not a new concept. Gas cars have existed for a long time. This is a type of gas car. It takes gasoline and burns it in an internal combustion engine to get that range figure. Nothing about this technology is really new, just that it has better MPG than some of the other competitors and has a large enough gas tank to make that range figure really high. And it largely gets that high MPG by pairing it with a much lower power motor than what many US consumers would like (99hp vs 160hp in the Prius Prime). Charging at home is also pretty irrelevant here, save for the fact it is a plug-in hybrid. Then I'd wonder why bother buying the plug-in hybrid with a larger and more expensive battery if you're not planning on actually keeping that battery charged often. The pure-battery range of this is still pretty tiny compared to an EV, so if you didn't have the ability to charge at home this is just a normal hybrid car like the Prius, albeit with better MPG due to being much more anemic. But then the main benefit isn't that it has such immense range, the main benefit is that it supposedly has a pretty high MPG compared to most hybrids on the market today. So why not lead with that in the article instead of sharing some odd range statistic. A Jeep with a few jerry cans strapped to the back can also have a pretty large amount of range. Pickup trucks with massive gas tanks can also have pretty high range as well. So practically every point about charging time, charging at home, and comparison to Tesla is immensely irrelevant. Tesla doesn't make hybrids. The comparison is to pretty much every car maker that makes hybrids. This is because, once again, this is a hybrid and not an EV. The point of "this isn't an EV, so concerns about home charging and charging wait time" aren't mere details. It is a key part of the car and directly addresses your main points of why you imagine 1,300mi of range would be important and valuable to the consumer. I do agree, 1,300mi of range on a BEV with the current state of charging would be useful. This isn't a BEV, its a hybrid. The state of charging networks doesn't really apply. Practically nobody takes 45 minutes pumping gas.

vel0city 2y ago

Your point was people didn't want to stop and charge for 45 minutes often while on road trips and that many people don't have chargers at home so having 1,300mi of range is potentially useful. This car wouldn't stop and charge and have you wait for 45 minutes unless you're just into that. It runs off petrol. People would stop and pump gas for several minutes and be on their way. Maybe if you go someplace with free level two charging you might take advantage of it, but outside of that you probably would never charge it in public. Just use gas. You directly stated waiting to charge for 45 minutes at a supercharger "...is currently the only option." But it is not. Hybrids, and plug-in hybrids like this, have been an option for a long time. The idea that one can quickly "recharge" on the go at a gas station is not a new concept. Gas cars have existed for a long time. This is a type of gas car. It takes gasoline and burns it in an internal combustion engine to get that range figure. Nothing about this technology is really new, just that it has better MPG than some of the other competitors and has a large enough gas tank to make that range figure really high. And it largely gets that high MPG by pairing it with a much lower power motor than what many US consumers would like (99hp vs 160hp in the Prius Prime). Charging at home is also pretty irrelevant here, save for the fact it is a plug-in hybrid. Then I'd wonder why bother buying the plug-in hybrid with a larger and more expensive battery if you're not planning on actually keeping that battery charged often. The pure-battery range of this is still pretty tiny compared to an EV, so if you didn't have the ability to charge at home this is just a normal hybrid car like the Prius, albeit with better MPG due to being much more anemic. But then the main benefit isn't that it has such immense range, the main benefit is that it supposedly has a pretty high MPG compared to most hybrids on the market today. So why not lead with that in the article instead of sharing some odd range statistic. A Jeep with a few jerry cans strapped to the back can also have a pretty large amount of range. Pickup trucks with massive gas tanks can also have pretty high range as well. So practically every point about charging time, charging at home, and comparison to Tesla is immensely irrelevant. Tesla doesn't make hybrids. The comparison is to pretty much every car maker that makes hybrids. This is because, once again, this is a hybrid and not an EV. The point of "this isn't an EV, so concerns about home charging and charging wait time" aren't mere details. It is a key part of the car and directly addresses your main points of why you imagine 1,300mi of range would be important and valuable to the consumer. I do agree, 1,300mi of range on a BEV with the current state of charging would be useful. This isn't a BEV, its a hybrid. The state of charging networks doesn't really apply. Practically nobody takes 45 minutes pumping gas.