PHEVs are crap that OEMs push out to paint themselves green.
That sounds like a politically motivated and emotional view, not one based on the facts
The fact is, that I and thousands of others are driving our PHEVs daily and averaging over 200mpg in them, yet are able drive anywhere, any distance, anytime, if desired, without any concern about where to charge or any type of “range anxiety”. And I’ve already saved thousands in fuel costs.
While some of the early PHEVs had laughingly small all electric ranges, most now have ranges in the 20-50 mile sweet spot that encompasses the vast majority of most peoples daily driving.
I dive my Volt daily, yet only burn gas in it perhaps one a month on a longer trip.
With the current gasoline centered refueling infrastructure, PHEVs make perfect sense for most people and are a good stepping stone on the way to an eventual all electric EV world.
Don’t get me wrong, i think EVs (or possibly horses
) will be the primary mode of personal transportation eventually, it’s just that for now, PHEVs make a lot if sense for many people.