pkulak
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adric22 said:I'll be curious to hear how it works out for you. My wife is still pressuring me to get a Cmax Energi when our Leaf lease is up (and I'll be driving the Volt) but unfortunately if she drives the Cmax we'll have a gas bill again because she has a 40 mile round trip commute. And with her lead-footedness I know the ICE will have to kick on for her to accelerate the way she likes to.
Yeah, I think I'd rather go one way or the other: a plug and no ICE, or a hybrid of some kind with no plug. From what I've seen, when you have a small battery, the only way to get good mileage is to spend your whole life hunting for places to plug in. I've seen several C-Max Energi owners at charge stations for 5 times longer than I'm at the QC (3.3 kW level 2 charger is the best you'll get) just trying to make their investment worth it. And if you plug in constantly and get 60 or 70 mpg, that's not that much better than 50 from a hybrid. That new Accord Hybrid looks pretty nice: totally series hybrid until freeway speeds when it's 100% ICE. I'd just do something like that.