re: Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles

a little ac on the dc might help

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What is the battery life of the Hybrid in comparison to a full on EV? I know one of the major complaints about EVs are the charging to capacity decreases over time and eventually you will need to buy an entire new battery. That said, is that a decade?

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It depends on a lot of factors and the car. A regular hybrid has a very small battery that basically is no different than sticking a couple deep cycle batteries in a car and they're just used for a little supplemental power. Those will last a while but these aren't cars that can cruise around on electric only.

A plug in hybrid EV can run on all electric because it has the fully electric drivetrain and ability to run with the engine off or at idle on only electric power.

Storage unit life is degraded by cycles and behavior. If you max charge all the time and cruise around on electric only power a lot you're going to wear it down. There's also only one manufacturer that actually has any decent storage unit degradation data outside of HALTs and thats Tesla. Those being full BEV obviously pose a worst case scenario due to the load and higher level charging some of them use and they're seeing capacity over 90% hold to well over 100k miles. That data is skewed a bit because those older cars have older battery tech and had inferior battery management software. Then there's the personal factor of how much the user can take before they need to repower.

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I'm very, very critical of pure EV's for many reasons, but hybrids are truly a great solution to all of the problems that government is pushing EVs to solve. Great mileage, less resources used and lower emissions. No range issues to boot and they rely on an establish infrastructure. Hybrids can be tuned to improve performance as well, filling gaps in power from the gas engine and supplementing it with electric power. Really a good solution for the actual issues at hand.

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The Volvo Recharges with the Polestar tuning are really, really good. Fantastic gas mileage and will charge overnight on a regular 120 outlet. Can't use any of the Tesla superchargers, though, as plugs and charging systems are incompatible. The only public option, and there are plenty around, so it's not that big a deal, are the Chargepoint (at least around here) stations with the J1772 plug.

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Only at start up and for a few seconds in a parking lot. Is that normal?

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Yes, it has an incredibly small battery. 1.3kWh or so. Not much different that installing a couple extra batteries and a supplemental drive motor that can't do much.

Big difference between a hybrid and a plug in hybrid. The storage capacity and electric drive functionality are very different.

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It’s on so little I don’t even know why they bother.

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Minor boost in fuel economy from the supplemental power helps manufacturers hit fleet mpg EPA requirements. The fleets they sell them to have the benefits of reduced idle fuel consumption, which can be a lot. The last big fleet i managed we were spending 50-75k per week in excessive idling fuel consumption, so there is a legit economic impact. Then there's the whole, we can say we're going green with hybrids virtue signal.

I find those type of hybrids to be mostly a waste. PHEV is where it's at. And those are complimentary to BEV because they need the same supply chains and R&D.

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Bought a hybrid instead getting great mpg and cut my gas budget in half.

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Hybrid is the way.

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A friend works for a major pharmaceutical company.

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AZ?

Charger manufacturers should run a loop of 240v through the cable. Power only goes out the plug when paid for but there is a loop of live voltage sitting there waiting for the thief.

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Gordan would be lined up for those lawsuits

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Serious question, who the hell is buying 6-10 feet of loose copper wire?

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Recycling centers.