I actually side with Toyota on this one, in spite of my passion for electric cars. Both our battery technology and our infrastructure need to be improved before we can go with a 100% electric automobile fleet. Meanwhile, I prefer plug-in hybrids as a bridge technology. Our plug-in charges at home, and handles most of our driving as an EV, carrying about 1/8 as much battery payload as a similar-sized full electric. And I don’t require major infrastructure changes in order to take a trouble-free vacation trip. And at least 75% of our miles are pure electric.

In terms of battery cost and resources used, 1 Tesla = 8 plug-in hybrids, for the same amount of lithium-ion batteries.

Or for fossil fuel consumption, 4 plug-in hybrids = 1 conventional automobile (assuming most of your electricity comes from non-fossil fuel sources)

Or for purchase cost, 1 Tesla = 1.5 - 2 plug-in hybrids. (Some other electric cars are quite a bit cheaper though)

NOTE: These are my own back of the envelope statistics. If you take repeated long trips, or your electricity comes largely from fossil fuels, a plug-in hybrid may not be much help. But the pure EV could look even worse by comparison.

Girl from @honkadoi

San Diego bought a lot of cars in 2023. Some people made the switch to EV while others upgraded their EVs. Some folks bought Plug Ins. I've met many people who got their first hybrid this year. Let me know which car or cars YOU bought in 2023!

BMW i16, 2020. A previously undisclosed proposal for a successor to the i8 has been revealed by BMW head of design, Domagoj Dukec. The car appears to be a more production-oriented version of the BMW Vision M Next concept from 2019. The project was cancelled to allow BMW M GmbH to concentrate on the XM SUV.

Ian's got a new car and is nerding out about it. (Also not blue???)

we spent eight fucking hours car shopping today but have finally returned with a new (used) car. it’s nothing exciting (I wish I could go electric but it’s just not practical right now) but it’s a make/model I’m familiar with, it won’t make me completely broke, there’s less than 60k miles on it, and I got the keys before I have to return my rental tomorrow. there was a solar eclipse while I was car shopping. we forgot to eat lunch in between dealerships. and I am still experiencing The Symptoms. surreal day.

oh my gosh I actually posted something?! Crazy :0

(yes I know the quality of the vid is 🐕💩 but I am in the process of fixing it)

my new job is going to be hybrid and I have to figure out where on Earth to put a desk and monitor + laptop in our completely filled up home / room

ok fine i wanna know what izuku drives after he makes it to the top ranking uwu

Yall are gonna need one of these for all ur kids

But to celebrate getting to the top, and to drive to work he gets a green BMW i8 uwu

Llega a Puerto Rico el Dodge Hornet GT

Con la combinación distintiva del estilo deportivo de Dodge y con el mejor rendimiento estándar en su clase, FCA Caribbean presentó el nuevo vehículo de la marca en el segmento crossover utilitario compacto (CUV) de gasolina más rápido y potente de la industria, el Dodge Hornet GT. El nuevo vehículo de Dodge también estará disponible de manera híbrida enchufable a partir de septiembre,…

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When tested on the commuter route, starting with a fully charged battery and driving in the mode selected by the PHEV, the Peugeot and the Renault emitted 1.2–1.7 times the official CO2 (33–50 gCO2/km). They still performed comparatively better than the BMW, which emitted over 100 gCO2/km (3 times the official value). Activation of the BMW’s “anticipatory” mode was needed (by programming the route into the satellite navigation system) to reduce commuting CO2 by around half to 67g/km (2 times the official value). The necessity to use the sat-nav to reduce CO2 to levels closer to the other PHEVs tested is not ideal, as driver’s may not use the sat-nav on known routes, resulting in unnecessarily high CO2emissions.

In city tests, PHEVs powered by the engine emit 5–7 times advertised CO2(..)

P.S. In fact, PHEVs are still ICE vehicles that still use gasoline...

Volkswagen California Concept, 2023. A prototype for a new generation VW camper van based on the long version of the Multivan. For the first time, the California is equipped with a sliding door on the kitchen side as well allowing extended use of the space around the vehicle. Using VW's MQB technical platform enables a plug-in hybrid drivetrain with Lithium-ion batteries providing an almost completely autonomous 12V power supply.The concept is described as near-production with sales dues to start next year

Mazda launches plug-in hybrid variant of the MX-30