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I also used to think hybrids were probably too complex, but 5years ago after checking in how ecvt works I got a corolla station wagon (US doesn’t get it. your loss) hybrid an I really like it. it gives me 4.7l/100km (50 mpg) and moves super smooth.
I wanted to get an EV when I bought my last car, but I was planning to retire and do a a bunch of road trips. Yes, you can do cross country in an EV, but it’s harder in a lot of places and my friends have told me horror stories of getting to to charging stations and finding them broken, getting stranded.
My hybrid get 50 mpg highway, 43 city. That’s not as efficient as an EV, but it’s not terrible for a midsize sedan.
Fortunately that is becoming less common. If you don’t know about it (or your friends don’t), check out https://www.plugshare.com/
You can filter by charger type and see if a station is operational. Super helpful tool
Good to hear
my friends have told me horror stories of getting to to charging stations and finding them broken, getting stranded.
Its an unfortunate reality. My first BEV was a Chevy Bolt. The unreliability of charging infrastructure caused me a lot of pain when traveling. Got a Tesla in 2021 and that pain evaporated. Charging stations are abundant and work perfectly 99% of the time. The other 1% you just move to a different stall.
Fortunately they are slowly opening this charging network to other OEMs and I think the reliability in general has improved considerably. But it does still require some research when traveling.
If you have a multi-vehicle family it makes a lot of sense to have 1 BEV and 1 PHEV.
Even my friend with a tesla had issues. Not so much with a lack of stations, but making his way to one and finding someone had damaged it so it wasn’t usable. Plus even though the charge times are down, having to wait 20 minutes for the car to charge when you have kids or whatever is obnoxious.
The infrastructure will get better. I bought in 2023, and a hybrid made more sense for me then.
Even my friend with a tesla had issues.
Not going to discount their experience but I feel like mine should be equally valid. I take 3-4 road trips/year with nary an issue other than 1 or 2 stalls being down or a short wait during the holiday season at a packed charging station, over the last 4+ years.
having to wait 20 minutes for the car to charge when you have kids or whatever is obnoxious.
After 4+ hours of driving, I am more than ready for a short break. I will typically stay stopped for longer than it even takes to charge while I get something to eat.
Not discounting you at all, just saying that was the situation in 2023 with people I knew. Doesn’t make your experience more or less valid.
From instance names alone I also gather that both of you live on differnt continents. The situation may be very different in Canada and much more densely populated Germany.
I’m in the US, just on .ca because I liked the instance, but point still valid.
Without a Plug-In? Hard agree, nor should they.
