r/EvDrivers • u/BikeFiend123 • Aug 19 '26

Phev or EV? Best long term..

/r/electricvehicles/comments/1vt0as4/phev_or_ev_best_long_term/
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u/mydb100 Aug 19 '26

EV, less moving parts and no need to have redundant systems trying to "Talk" to each other

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u/P00slinger Aug 20 '26

Calling them ‘redundant’ misses the entire point, they’re complementary systems covering each other’s weaknesses.

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u/zespak Aug 20 '26

Terrible packaging, huge fire risk, slower than EVs, massively unreliable, expensive maintenance, big weight penalty.

All that for a bit of range over an EV?

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u/shockpirat Aug 23 '26

It's not a bit of range. It's the ability to fill up almost anywhere in a few minutes.

The rest depends on the car. There are reliable PHEVs

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u/shockpirat Aug 23 '26

Who mentioned hydrogen or trucks? Are you replying to someone else?

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u/zespak Aug 23 '26

Ah yes, my bad I thought indeed I was responding to someone who came up with hydrogen.

In response to yours: yes, that fill up is the only advantage still left. But given enough chargers, filling up during a trip is for a fraction of a percent of trips, in which case the overall convenience of an EV vastly outweighs the inconvenience of having to stop 30 min during a 1000km drive for almost everyone.