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Originally Posted by Slava
Thoughts on PHEVs? I’m debating whether that’s a worthwhile move here from the ICE at this point. For all the drawbacks, everyone I know with an EV raves about it. I’m certainly more interested today than I was a year ago.
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Originally Posted by photon
Was looking at the Kia Niro PHEV for my wife, with the government grant the price seems decent and it does seem like a pretty good compromise from committing to a full EV. The range on that is enough she could probably commute every day without the engine at all.
Except it's only FWD.
Just worry about reliability.
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Originally Posted by photon
I think I remember reading in this thread about CR finding PHEVs much lower reliability wise:
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars...s-a7824554938/
But it did say there are some PHEVs that are predicted to be more reliable.
"Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are more of a mixed bag. As a category, they have 146 percent more problems than ICE vehicles. Several PHEVs are even less reliable than their conventional counterparts, such as the below-average Audi Q5 and Chrysler Pacifica. The latter has the lowest score in our survey, at 14.
Still, there are PHEVs that buck that trend, including standouts such as the Toyota RAV4 Prime and Kia Sportage, which score well above average. The BMW X5, Hyundai Tucson, and Ford Escape PHEVs earn average reliability scores." |
I've been musing about a PHEV as well, and I've seen this "PHEVs have 146% more problems than ICE vehicles" stat before, but I'd like to see the actual breakdown. It sounds like there are a select few PHEVs that are dragging the overall average of PHEVs down, rather than all of them being inherently worse. It makes little sense that a PHEV would be considerably worse than a conventional hybrid: generally the only difference is a bigger battery, slightly different programming that favours more use of the electric motor, and a charging receptacle with an access door.