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Originally Posted by zamler
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.
What other way is there besides rapid oxidation? The problem is energy lost to heat.
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Yeah, the mystical RAV4 and the Subaru Crosstrek PHEVs were what we were thinking for a next vehicle, but I am having some doubts, and it sounds like the Sube also has some weird idiosyncrasies involving switching between EV and gas.
No cabin heat in winter would be horrible here.