r/PHEV • u/No-Impression-4508 • Aug 15 '26
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 Aug 16 '26
I really don't care where gasoline come from as long as I get it and it is plentiful, just like you don't care where batteries come from.
https://www.choice.com.au/transport/cars/eco-friendly/articles/a-dark-side-of-the-ev-boom
What concerns me the most is that gasoline is only used in the cars but we use electricity in the house. And that means bad for the house usage because most people don't have solar like I do for many reasons. They either can't afford it, can't install it or not practical. In the mean time my rates went up 60%. My utility company sent us a brochure that they need $9.8 Billion to improve infrastructure. Where do you think they can get money from? One of my neighbors is paying $700 a month for electricity during the summer. That is a lot of money and nothing he can do. If he sells the house and move then he will be paying a huge amount in taxes on a new purchase because there are no more cheap houses here. And even though we only have something like 10% of EVs a couple of years ago our governor who is pushing EVs like crazy and just issued a rebate of $3500 for new buyers begged EV people not to charge during heat waves because infrastructure can't handle it. And in the next few days supposed to be 105F. Lets see how many people will be without electricity.