I also believe that most pure BEV drivers would charge their cars daily to mitigate the risk of range anxiety.
> I also believe that most pure BEV drivers would charge their cars daily to mitigate the risk of range anxiety.
(not parent poster) I got the perspective from people that wanted to help other people, but stopped repairing PHEVs:
- https://evclinic.eu/2025/09/27/if-you-drive-a-hybrid-may-god...
- https://evclinic.eu/2025/01/19/ultimate-ev-ice-and-hybrid-co...
- https://evclinic.eu/2025/12/04/2021-phev-bmw-ibmucp-21f37e-p...
The difference with BEV charging is that the battery is much bigger and it's a core component (it's properly serviceable), so I can charge it at 60%, keep degradation at bare minimum, and still have 270km of range. With a PHEV you'll need to always charge it 100% to fully use that EV range, so the battery will degrade way faster due to way more cycling.
Plus my 30kWh battery is Lithium Iron Phosphate. Your BEV is likely a Lithium-Ion? Regardless, I should get 3,000-5,000 full charge cycles on my battery. As long as I charge it to 100% once a week I should be golden.
I have a BYD dealership 25km from my house and a 6 year/150k KM warranty. I'm pretty sure people work there, they definitely were when I visited. Given that I'm pretty sure there are people repairing PHEVs.
Unfortunately that is not the experience for the average driver of a PHEV. Most people buy by brand, not by specs, so the average result is what you see in the links of EVClinic - 80`000km cars with fried batteries that cost more to replace than the resale value of the car itself (and again, as also noted by EVClinic IIRC, BYD is better than average in regard to repairs and parts cost).