Hopefully never because I want to be in a 15min city for now and never have a need for a car.
When do you think you will buy a 100% pure electric vehicle?
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In theory PHEVs are great but they're an extra $10k over the price of a regular hybrid because they need the same AC/DC converter and onboard charger of a BEV. Those inverters are also huge and hard to package. Other than that they're great and probably a really good intermediate set between ICE and BEV for most people.
You've also had Tesla drop their prices several times in the last 2 years. That doesn't bode well for holding value.
This is where I am as well. I have a car paid off with about 24k miles. I will drive it until its dead or explodes lol. Once that's done I'll look at an electric car. My wife has an SUV for any trips outside the city. An electric city driver would be just fine for me (work from home).
And somehow still manage to make more profit on every car they make than anyone else in the industry. It's crazy.
Which is why I said wake me when we can do this.
But seriously if we can recover some power, then is that enough to really stretch out the range in a meaningful way? Say you're range is 200 miles but if you drive continuously for 200 miles enough power was reclaimed to go 250?
If car manufacturers could increase that and give a "highway mileage" range maybe that would help people like me who probably won't buy because of range limitations. Tons of variables in that so maybe thats not possible to be that accurate.
I have no idea. Probably when infrastructure widely supports it (it really doesn't currently) and it's more cost-efficient. I currently own a hybrid and am interested in PHEVs, but a pure electric vehicle? That's probably going to be awhile.
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They’re also losing a lot of luster and potential buyers so value will only keep decreasing.
I feel like it stems from how the Prius and Prius owners acted and were portrayed when they first got popular in the 90s.
As one of the first widely available hybrids, a lot of eco-conscious consumers saw them as a political and lifestyle statement. There was a good amount of media that derided those people, like the South Park Prius episode. That in turn tamped down demand for hybrids from to more general populace and delayed their wider acceptance. It seemed like it wasn't till EVs started to gain more mainstream popularity that hybrids became more broadly desireable.
I don't doubt that, they've been known for their cheap build quality for awhile now. My point is resale value/depreciation. I'm certainly not anti-EV, I'd just rather the market become more stable for that kind of purchase.
