sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoCars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW bosswww.autoexpress.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square305fedilinkarrow-up1294arrow-down111
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minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 hours agoNot OP, but conventional hybrids are alright. Plug-In hybrids are kind of a waste, and really only see benefits in very niche situations.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours ago . Plug-In hybrids are kind of a waste, and really only see benefits in very niche situations. The situation where you commute 25 miles or less, where national average is 16 miles.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 hours agoJust get an EV then. Why lug around a gas motor that you don’t need?
minus-squarehcbxzz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoFor those times where you do need to go 1000mi without wasting time at a charge station for hours
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 minutes agoUse a conventional hybrid for that, and you won’t need to lug around a lot of extra battery.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 hours agoIn contrast to an extra 250 miles worth of batteries that you don’t need?
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 minutes agoYou can get a shorter range EV if that fits your needs. Gas engine just adds weight and complexity.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 minutes agoThat’s good, until you need to take a longer trip. At which point you can either have the extra batteries or a gas engine. There are arguments for either solution.
Not OP, but conventional hybrids are alright. Plug-In hybrids are kind of a waste, and really only see benefits in very niche situations.
The situation where you commute 25 miles or less, where national average is 16 miles.
Just get an EV then. Why lug around a gas motor that you don’t need?
For those times where you do need to go 1000mi without wasting time at a charge station for hours
Use a conventional hybrid for that, and you won’t need to lug around a lot of extra battery.
In contrast to an extra 250 miles worth of batteries that you don’t need?
You can get a shorter range EV if that fits your needs. Gas engine just adds weight and complexity.
That’s good, until you need to take a longer trip. At which point you can either have the extra batteries or a gas engine. There are arguments for either solution.