I have no desire to sit at a charging station for 45 minutes or whatever.
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Wouldn’t ya know it! The world’s largest car company, nearly 100 years old, who pioneered mass-produced hybrid technology, renowned as the standard for reliability… knows better than the authoritarian, egomaniac rich boy who owns a trend company producing mediocre-at-best, one-trick-pony, tech demo cars.
[Shocked Pikachu face]
Amazing how many people in this thread think power comes from batteries.
I used to think that hybrids were the worst of both worlds because you have to deal with a dead hybrid battery at some point AND deal with mechanical problems but my family member replaced his hybrid batteries at a 3rd party business for just $3000 and the original lasted him like 200K miles. The hybrid end of the car never gave him issues either.
I would be totally fine with a plug-in hybrid.
I for one would love to buy the new Prius Prime, but it is impossible to get one at MSRP.
Toyota has waiting lists 40 people long for the new Grand Highlander Hybrid… idk what the people who were estimating sales were on when they only estimated 20% would be hybrids, but I want what they’re having.
If I was to pick between a Tesla or a new Toyota hybrid . Always Toyota . Better quality and not just shitty software and horrible built quality.
Toyota dealers adding markups, because demand exceeds supply, Muskovich slashing prices, because supply exceeds demand.
Fuck elon…. I’ll never buy his shit
This is happening to almost all EVs not just Tesla. In fact, regular gas guzzlers are being sold at a higher rate than EVs or Hybrids.
Hybrid or full electric aside… Teslas just aren’t attractive to me lol.
Not only are they only moderately reliable at the best of times, with atrocious quality control, but they’re just ass ugly. Bland, uninspired design all around.
My prius prime is the best car i ever owned. Zero problems at 150k and takes very little fuel. Amazing car. Why the fuck would i want full electric and all the problems that come with it…
How does the Prius prime work with electric only? Do you just put it in drive and it figures it all out like a normal hybrid or do you push EV only.
If battery is charged then it will use that first. But there are buttons for everything and you can customize it all.
I absolutely LOVE my Rav4 Prime. IMO the plug in hybrids are the best way to do an EV at the moment. Plenty of battery for all electric driving back and forth to work, errands, and local trips, but I don’t have to plan around charging stations if I’m going anywhere long distance. I usually get about 2000+ miles per tank of fuel, and it’s great not feeling the pressure of NEEDING to refuel or run out of gas. I can refuel at my leisure. I love the idea of an all electric vehicle, but until the infrastructure is in place and more accessible the hybrids are gonna be king.
We are obsessed with our RAV4 prime too. Its perfect. EV/Gas range perfect. Speed/4WD/MPG perfect. Interior/Cargo space perfect. Upgrades/amenities perfect. And there’s even a bonus 110V outlet in the back which gives you access to the battery pack. We can’t stop raving about it.
I am glad i chose hybrid instead of EV, specially in cold winter conditions you just cant rely only of one energy source. Having Hybrid gives me best of both world.
I like having a plug in hybrid. I haven’t purchased gas since the first weekend in October.
Eh, I don’t think so, being from Alaska and having only two teslas in the household (X and 3 LR) they do great in the cold. The charging infrastructure sure could be better, but this is mostly just a mental block rather than an actual issue for people in cold climates.
We went below freezing this week and I’m really feeling my first winter with an EV. My car has consumed 34% more energy on my regular commute this week compared to a few weeks ago
That’s very interesting to hear, thanks for sharing. I’d rather be in a 90s shit box in freezing temps than an EV it sounds like
Thanks for sharing. That’s one of that pain points, Be in Winter, Off road or any other extreme conditions, EV is still has long way to develop the tech