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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1554 on: April 06, 2024, 09:06:13 AM »
Does an EV Work as Well in Cold Weather? (caranddriver.com)

Of course not, no surprises here.

 We recently ran a 75-mph highway-range test on our long-term Rivian R1T on a very cold, 12-degree day, and its range was 190 miles versus 250 in a moderate temperature, a loss of 60 miles or 24 percent.

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« Reply #1555 on: April 06, 2024, 09:08:01 AM »
range in gassers also suffers in cold weather
not that percentage but some
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1556 on: April 06, 2024, 09:10:37 AM »
An ICE car will get better mpgs to a point, down to around 40°F or so, and then it ebbs, yes.  This is less true for boosted engines.

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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1557 on: April 06, 2024, 10:07:56 AM »
What Happens If You Never Charge Your Plug-In-Hybrid Car? (caranddriver.com)

Surprisingly large numbers of hybrid car owners don't bother to use the electric power that's part of the selling point. Is this a problem?


I suspect some may have discovered if they can't charge at home, there is no savings.

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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1558 on: April 06, 2024, 10:12:11 AM »
bought em cause it was the thing to do

no idea why
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1559 on: April 06, 2024, 10:14:29 AM »
Who is making just straight-up hybrids now? Anyone besides Toyota or Honda?
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1560 on: April 06, 2024, 10:18:38 AM »
Who is making just straight-up hybrids now? Anyone besides Toyota or Honda?
Just about everybody is, even the new Corvette E-Ray is a hybrid, and a lot of supercars are as well.  Our new Hyundai Tuscon is a "mild" hybrid, not plugin.  

In our case, I liked it mostly because it has more power than the regular Tuscon.  It seems to get better gas mileage in town, which I suppose makes sense.  And most of our driving is urban.

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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1562 on: April 06, 2024, 10:28:28 AM »
Just about everybody is, even the new Corvette E-Ray is a hybrid, 
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with a 6.2 liter gas burner
not saving the planet
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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1563 on: April 06, 2024, 10:44:22 AM »
Hybrids in supercars are there for acceleration, not fuel economy.  

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« Reply #1564 on: April 06, 2024, 10:51:27 AM »
The hybrid MB's on the site above are all new AMG models. More than I would spend, even though I really like AMG. Plus, the GLE's were all the coupe models, which I find to be unattractive and less practical.



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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1565 on: April 06, 2024, 10:57:08 AM »
What Happens If You Never Charge Your Plug-In-Hybrid Car? (caranddriver.com)

Surprisingly large numbers of hybrid car owners don't bother to use the electric power that's part of the selling point. Is this a problem?


I suspect some may have discovered if they can't charge at home, there is no savings.
The nice things about a plug in hybrid is that with the small battery, you can probably fully charge overnight on 110V. 

I can't imagine why anyone with charge capability at home wouldn't take advantage. 

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Re: Electric Vehicle News Items
« Reply #1566 on: April 06, 2024, 04:31:23 PM »
My GUESS is a lot of folks bought one not understanding how it might work.  I know of one plugin hybrid Jeep here, I hadn't known they made one, but I see it plugged in every so often, but not routinely.  The other possibility is they figured out charging is expensive from commercial outlets such as we have here.  The other possibility is that folks are just lazy, they find the car runs fine without plugging it in, so they only do it on occasion, usually they feel too busy to do it.

But if you own your own home, by all means.  And 110v should be adequate to charge it up overnight.

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