Nearly Half of EV Owners Would Switch Back to Combustion Engine Vehicles: Study - EnergyPortal.eu

this statistic does not account for Tesla loyalists, as three-quarters of Tesla owners indicated that they would continue with EVs.

Some people just like Elon Musk

  • Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world
    62·
    1 year ago

    Plugins are the worst of both worlds unless you pull in and charge every 50 km to not let the battery drain completely, because if that happens you just end up with an insanely heavy ICE car thats even worse on fuel than an ICE car without all the hybrid shit.

    • Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social
      21·
      1 year ago

      I have been driving one for years. I only put gas in it on road trips. No need for extra charging time just go. For daily activities I never need to use gas. You’re spreading from speculation, I’m speaking from experience.

      Admittedly, they are heavier. You got that bit right. I still got 40mpg on road trips.

      • Junkers_Klunker@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        I drove a plugin for 2 years daily, it only did 12-13kml without battery and 30km on a charge. Granted it was a Mitsubishi Outlander phev which isnt exactly the greatest car.

        • Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social
          11·
          1 year ago

          So you took your experience with an admittedly bad car and generalized all other cars based on it?

          If I buy a Kia I shouldn’t expect it to drive like a Bentley just because they both have an IC engine.