We have loved our PHEV. 30ish miles of range covers 95% of our driving.

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Nov 26, 2022
4:22:17am

dryflyelk All-American

Had it over a month and haven't used a tank of gas yet.

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dryflyelk

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If you drive an EV, how do you avoid range anxiety? How often do you charge, and

SalmonOfCapistrano

11/25/22 10:39pm

Have a level 2; ABC (always be charging) and/or plan ahead with charging need

RWaters

11/25/22 10:48pm

Sounds like a pain.

babybroker

11/25/22 10:51pm

Yeah, putting a plug in or thinking about daily plans is taxing

RWaters

11/25/22 10:52pm

Always be charging? That’s crazy.

babybroker

11/25/22 10:56pm

It'll be nice when the EV people figure that out

MarylandFan

11/25/22 11:12pm

The car figures that out for you

Spocougar

11/25/22 11:16pm

RE: The car figures that out for you

MarylandFan

11/25/22 11:23pm

For me it depended on freeway speed, ac/heater, outside temp, etc

cougfanz

11/25/22 10:52pm

This what I would expect…

babybroker

11/25/22 10:58pm

What kind of driving do you do on a regular basis?

Spocougar

11/25/22 11:01pm

Two more thoughts:

Spocougar

11/25/22 11:06pm

In the past year I’ve driven more than 250 miles in a single day maybe twice.

8-track

11/25/22 11:01pm

do you charge every day?

SalmonOfCapistrano

11/25/22 11:03pm

Let it charge overnight.

8-track

11/25/22 11:17pm

I just bought a PHEV last year. It only gets about 25 miles to a charge. Most of our trips are shorter than that. We

Colorado

11/25/22 11:38pm

We have loved our PHEV. 30ish miles of range covers 95% of our driving.

dryflyelk

11/26/22 4:22am

Bottom line: with a range like that, don't sweat it around town.

byujdmba

11/26/22 4:42am

Your cars ‘gas tank’ is always full… it’s a non issue

TheLost

11/26/22 9:39am

Such a leap forward from the status quo

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