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Why a Plug-In Hybrid May Be the Right Car for You (Consumer Reports) (www.consumerreports.org)

submitted 11 months ago by dragontamer to c/cars

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A pretty good overview of the benefits of PHEV, one of the fastest growing categories of cars in the USA today.

The tl;dr: Cheaper than EVs, takes gasoline for long-trips, are effectively electric for typical distances (~20mi to ~40mi depending on model).

However, I'd like to add that PHEVs are incredibly varied. Everyone can agree that a Prius Prime is efficient and environmental, but PHEVs like the Jeep Wrangler 4xe is incredibly inefficient. Furthermore, Jeep buyers have a reputation of not even charging the batteries!!

All in all, it seems like a good article so I feel like its worth sharing.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Consumer reports feel like they have a significant bias against battery electric vehicles to be honest, so i'd take everything adjacent with a grain of salt.

[–] dragontamer 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Survey results pointing to shoddy reliability is... not a bias though. Its just the facts for now.

Consumer Reports always favored reliability / low-maintenance above all else. They don't care very much about speed or zoom-zoom factor. If a car does poorly their reliability metrics, they'll shit on that car.

Hopefully EV makers improve their reliability over time.

[–] jqubed 4 points 11 months ago

I’m thinking that will go up as the legacy manufacturers build more models. They just have to learn the new power train; they already know how to build cars. The startups are having to learn how to do everything, which gives them a lot more places to fail. I’m sure EV reliability metrics are not being helped by Tesla’s current market dominance.