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Originally Posted by Wormius
I am softening on PHEVs. Just sounds like twice the things that can go wrong and more expensive repairs and maintenance. Maybe somebody who is driving a PHEV can provide some insight into relative cost vs purely gas or purely electric.
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The RAV4 PHEV will no doubt be reliable but it's nearly impossible to buy one. It has some weird issues in cold weather, below a certain temp there is no cabin heat at all don't know if Toyota has solved this.
Either way PHEV is a compromise you get low electric range, vehicle is heavy and like you say complicated. I don't see a future for this type of car.
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Originally Posted by Fuzz
What kinda blows my mind is that gas is one of the most energy dense fuels around that is plentiful, and yet the best we can come up with to extract that energy is blowing it up.
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What other way is there besides rapid oxidation? The problem is energy lost to heat.