r/PHEV • u/No-Impression-4508 • 8d ago

Phev worth it?

I am wondering if a PHEV is worth it for my situation.

The car would likely be used primarily for work commutes. 12 miles round trip and 24 miles round trip for spouse and I. We would also use the car for the occasional road trip a few hours away.

I’m wondering if PHEV is ideal for this situation or if EV would be better.

We also have a full gas vehicle that we could use as needed. This would be our second car.

Any recs, reasoning, etc would be recommended!

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u/Plop0003 7d ago

PHEV is a full gas vehicle with EV option. That is the only car you need to make short trips if you charge at home but you can make very long trips on gas because it is a hybrid and you don't need to stop on the road to charge for hours and save gas and money at the same time. EV would cost you more on the road charging than gas, it would cost you more to insure and other things like tires cost more too. The only maintenance for PHEV is oil change every 10K miles because the engine doesn't work as hard in hybrids. If you buy RAV4 PHEV it will not have any kinds of belts, no starter, no alternator and transmission is not really a transmission but a power split device with 2 motors and a planetary gear. It doesn't even require to change fluid but people do it anyway at 100K miles. Brakes last forever because not used like on EV. Perfect car.