• bluGill@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    In real world use my phev runs 6x less than the previous ice. I had to install a level 2 charger (us) so we could make two trips per day, but it saves a lot of gas. Sure more range would be nice but in the real world phev uses a lot less petro. of course if you never bother charging it (thus a hybrid) you save little but it isn’t hard to make a phev a lot better than a ice. Never as good as a full ev but don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

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      3 days ago

      Anecdotal, and if you need gas so rarely, why not buy a BEV? Then you would need recharge way more rarely than you need gas as it is.

      PHEV is nothing but a tax loop hole, and it needs to be closed. If you buy PHEV at free market conditions, without tax credits, that’s your business.

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        Because in the US BEVs are only just starting to become available. At 3x the price I can’t afford a BEV. I buy used cars in general which means I only have what was sold 3+ years ago as an option. Even PHEV I had one option, but since it had been around for a while it was used (and I didn’t ask to many questions before buying because I suspected someone else would buy it if I did)

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          OK I absolutely get that.
          But from new, I don’t think there’s much reason to give PHEV tax credits.
          I’m in the exact same boat, a new BEV car is expensive, and we don’t drive so much, so we are also looking for something used, around 4-5 years old, at that age they are about half price here. That way we feel we get way better value, and we don’t have to borrow.