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Hybrids are the clear choice. The new Prius prime is so nice. And of course the rav4 prime is awesome too.
Can recommend the Prime. Used to get free charging at work which doubled my fuel economy. Even without plugging it in, it has been a great car.
The primes are enticing, but not 20k more expensive enticing. The escape PHEV is near perfect (same beautiful transmission as Toyota) but is FWD only. You need to go up to the lincoln corsair grand touring to get AWD and then suddenly it's 50k. wtf? Why will no one sell a sub 50k AWD PHEV?
Mitsubishi Outlander
Why will no one sell a sub 50k AWD PHEV?
I mean you're asking a lot for 50k.
Escape = (Engine/Hybrid) + Battery(PVEH)
Rav4 Hybrid = (Engine/Hybrid) + Extra Motors/Diff(AWD)
But your asking for,
(Engine/Hybrid) + Battery(PVEH) + Extra Motors/Diff(AWD)
That's a lot of equipment.
I'm saying that the prime is not twice the car of the hybrid because it has a wall plug. It's the huge motors and huge battery. There's a middle ground.
Primary Vehicle -> Hybrid
Secondary Vehicle -> Full Electric with charger at home
Two cars and a house? Not for my generation.
True that, which is probably why EV isn't 'taking off' as expected.
The range issue is really limited to commuter cars only.
Not many people can afford to have a dedicated commuter car, so they have their primary as a commuter car.
Only those where 2 people need to commute, the commuter car needs to be dirt cheap (which EV's currently are not)
These days, how many households have 2 commuters anyway with all the work-from-home being more common place.
EV's won't take off unless
1 - The range issue is solved, either through longer ranges, or faster charging at more available locations leading to people replacing their primary vehicle
2 - EV's become cheap enough that it's a no-brainer to use those as the secondary commuter vehicles.
This is what my wife and I do except we just charge from a standard external outlet. It's very slow, but more than enough for our needs.