On: New EVs Still Can't Beat the Efficiency of a Plug-In Hybrid

[idontwantthis]

They are also so expensive. Niro hybrid: $27 k, phev: $34k

With the hybrid getting 53mpg you would need to drive a crazy number of miles to make back the difference, but that crazy number of miles would all be in short trips so I don’t see how it could happen.

[duped → idontwantthis]

27k is reasonable for the price of a new car. Everything but the cheapest of vehicles is around there these days.

[idontwantthis → duped]

I meant the PHEV is so expensive compared to the hybrid, which is the base model. After doing the math, I think it’s mainly there to drive people to buy the EV for only a few $k more.