I find plug in hybrids make no sense: electrification is the future.
I find plug in hybrids make no sense: electrification is the future.
For me a car is about convenience and having to worry about it and going out and doing things with it when I'm not even using it is the opposite of convenient. It should just be there and ready when I need it and forgotten when I don't. And it should be as cheap and low-maintenance as possible. If every parking space had a charger and I could just plug it in and forget about it when I park it, it'd be acceptable (in fact better than an ICE because at times I also had to remember to refuel it for an early trip). What adds to this also is that I don't really have a 'routine', my life is really ad-hoc.
So for me it would be a huge dealbreaker to have an EV until chargers are everywhere. But right now I have the perfect solution anyway which is not even having or needing a car at all :) My city has amazing public transport and 20 euros gets me an unlimited monthly travel pass. I don't even like spending money on cars, and when I did still own one it was usually a 1500-2000 euro old banger meaning that EVs are out of my price range anyway (even used ones will never be that cheap).
Those of us living in the present prefer to be more flexible and have the best of both worlds (electric commute, ICE for long trips)
They make sense depending on how far away that future is, and I think that 'future' is way different for different parts of the world.
Because in almost every other country there is a real lack of decent charging infrastructure.
Especially outside of densely populated areas.
Not just availability of chargers but also the average kW rate.
https://apricum-group.com/ev-charging-infrastructure-race-in...
Rapid charging is now widely available (certainly could be more)