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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: mungofitch 🐝🐝🐝 GOLD
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Subject: Re: More BYD sold
Date: 11/02/23 1:26 PM
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I never owned a PHEV and went direct to BEV seven years ago for this exact reason. I just didn't want the added complexity. Why do I want to deal with oil changes and transmissions?

Bearing in mind that your situation is atypical if you do actually drive more than 100km in a day regularly--

Well, to some people the answer is "it's not about you".
You have what you want, which is great.
Or, five people could be driving electric-priority 95%+ of the time with the same battery materials, which are not sufficiently plentiful at the moment to allow all five to have long-range battery-only cars.
The large range battery-only is nice for you, but if all five have hybrids it's better for society at large. And your lungs.

'Don't you worry about where you will charge it?' No. I charge it in my garage

Again, this could be construed by some to be the glib answer of the privileged*. It could be seen as a bit "let them eat cake" : )
Over 1/3 of UK residents don't have an off street parking spot, for example. And many people everywhere with off street parking have no way ever to fit it with an electric line metered to them.

Jim

* yeah, I know I'm privileged! I'm just presenting the case that small batteries, either short range cars or electric-priority hybrids, clearly make the most sense for the planet and for human health--for now.
My problem is I'm not fond of current cars. Looking at an electric conversion of a classic Fiat 500...

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