I know you share your hot takes just for engagement. But you are wrong.

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Doing a license plate lookup and a VIN Analytics report shows it has the big (93.6 kWh gross) battery.  Absolutely NP if the CarFax is clean.

You are wrong. The trim level is Limited and it is the standard HEV hybrid, NOT the Prime PHEV (both versions have a Limited trim). The regular HEV is not plug-in and might get 1-2 miles on all electric.

That $38k is for the regular Rav4 Hybrid, not the Rav4 Prime PHEV.

There is no easier way to separate someone from their money than to appeal to their desire to have more of it.

I agree with 16 of 17 on this list.

And they are not going to be capable of that until charging times, on a simple power socket, are down to sub five minutes.

I drive a Chevy Bolt EV (259 miles EPA range) and have a commute of 550 miles per week (110 miles round trip M-F).  Each morning I leave the house at 80% and arrive back home between 35% (summer) and 15% (very coldest days of winter).  I plug in every night and have only used public charging in it fewer than 10 times…

Good points. I appreciate the discussion on the topic.

Your comparison makes no sense. Gasoline (and other hydrocarbons) have incredibly high energy density, but we aren’t talking about density. We are talking about efficiency, which is extremely poor for ICE. Combustion into a closed-loop turbine is much better (70%+ like what is installed at hydrocarbon-fueled…

I’m talking about the waste heat that goes through the radiator of an ICE vehicle.  Only about 10% of the heat is even necessary to keep the cabin comfortable.  The rest of that 20 kW goes to heating the air in the outside environment.

True, but that heat gets recycled into the cabin on cold days if you turn it on, so it’s not a complete waste

Having driven 70k miles in EVs (including miles at that temperature) I can confidently say you are overestimating the range loss at 20°F (it’s typically 15-25% depending on how you set your climate control).

3. How much of EV’s high reputation is actually Tesla’s? Name a 10-15 year old EV that will last well that isn’t a Tesla?

Totally understandable. I travel from SW Ohio to Outer Banks, NC (which there is very little DCFC infrastructure between eastern Kentucky and the entire state of WV) every year for vacation. There is only a little L2 and DCFC out on the Outer Banks, but we make it work.

Regarding the Hummer EV efficiency slide. Let’s run some numbers:

The vast majority of people overestimate the range needs for EVs. What is the use case that the vast majority of 250+ mile range EVs cannot fulfill?

I don’t fault anyone for not replacing a current ICE car that is working well and doesn’t cost a fortune to keep running. I take issue with people not considering BEV and PHEV when replacing a vehicle has already been decided.

1974: But how will cars run and last without leaded gasoline? I don’t want any of this unleaded stuff.