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That's because your family actually bothered to plug it in. A lot of people who drive PHEVs only do so for the tax credits, etc., and always just run them on ga
by josephcsible 2y ago
That's because your family actually bothered to plug it in. A lot of people who drive PHEVs only do so for the tax credits, etc., and always just run them on gas.
- mathgradthrow 2y agowhat are you talking about? If you are after the tax credit, you're probably after the cost savings of plugging your vehicle in. This doesnt make sense as a hypothesis.
- josephcsible 2y agoOkay, the reason is a guess, but it's proven that people aren't plugging in: see, e.g., https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/features/phev-owners-not-plugging-in https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/features/phev-owners-not... and https://www.autoweek.com/news/a60383277/wltp-phev-data-gap-report/ https://www.autoweek.com/news/a60383277/wltp-phev-data-gap-r...
- VBprogrammer 2y agoIt's a thing, though perhaps a UK specific thing. Perverse incentives in the tax system mean it's cheaper to own a company PHEV than the equivalent but there is little to no allowance for charging it at home.
- mathgradthrow 2y agoOk, but the people drawing generalizations from this are being crazy then.
- jdlshore 2y agoEven on long trips where we didn’t have the opportunity to plug it in, we were seeing ~65mpg, which is still a notable improvement over regular cars.
- gruez 2y agoBut non PHEVs still have higher fuel economy than conventional ICE cars? Hybrid cars are more fuel efficient not only through the fact you can plug them in. They also get efficiency gains through regenerative braking and more efficient engine cycles[1], none of which requires plugging in to work. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atkinson_cycle