This is all too slow!! I am driving a toxic fossil fuel car with a crunchy 5 speed gear box on holiday hire. I notice all the cars in Greece stink, the smell is excruciatingly bad!! I miss m EVs I found a non smelly car in Greece, it was a swish Skoda EV…. I loved it. It all stinks here and the particles are going in the sea, in the fields , in the livestock, in the crops and in the kiddies. The EU is too slow to stop this nonsense!!!
I think you are right, but I do know several PHEV drivers who try to use them as EVs in the week. However there has been research showing that people use them primarily without charging, so they are no better than an self charger. I believe this research looked at projected Vs actual fuel economy. I suppose normal people don't care, in fact probably they were pushed to a PHEV by leasing incentives and maybe don't know what they have.
I’m not in the uk and live in an apartment where there was no charging infrastructure, so decided on a plugin hybrid as a compromise. With public charging despite the short range I do the majority of city driving on full electric, and manage to refuel only once every 1500km or so. Not perfect and if I get a car in the future it would likely be electric, but may work for some as a compromise.
This is all too slow!! I am driving a toxic fossil fuel car with a crunchy 5 speed gear box on holiday hire. I notice all the cars in Greece stink, the smell is excruciatingly bad!! I miss m EVs I found a non smelly car in Greece, it was a swish Skoda EV…. I loved it. It all stinks here and the particles are going in the sea, in the fields , in the livestock, in the crops and in the kiddies. The EU is too slow to stop this nonsense!!!
Another great read Robert! Ps you may want to check your charging infrastructure stats - nearly 70k total chargers, not rapid. Tim at Zapmap
I think you are right, but I do know several PHEV drivers who try to use them as EVs in the week. However there has been research showing that people use them primarily without charging, so they are no better than an self charger. I believe this research looked at projected Vs actual fuel economy. I suppose normal people don't care, in fact probably they were pushed to a PHEV by leasing incentives and maybe don't know what they have.
Thank you Robert. We agree with you when you say that they are misnamed as PHEV - they should be PHICE cars.
I’m not in the uk and live in an apartment where there was no charging infrastructure, so decided on a plugin hybrid as a compromise. With public charging despite the short range I do the majority of city driving on full electric, and manage to refuel only once every 1500km or so. Not perfect and if I get a car in the future it would likely be electric, but may work for some as a compromise.