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For people thinking that pure ev + backup generator is more reliable than PHEV, i recommend this video : Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars from Technology Connections It explains why PHEV is actually a very clever idea and now it simplifies things not complicates them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnUFH5GX_fI
Indeed this. A range extender engine will never be as efficient as hybrid
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Less maintenance the traditional engine. well assuming you plug it in of course but if you're plugging it in you're only using the edge for longer trips and so you're going to save a lot of money while still having range to make longer trips. Of course there is some worry about the gas going stale if you never run that engine. On the other hand gas engines get more efficient the higher the load and so a generator opt…
> Less maintenance the traditional engine. I can tell you from experience it really isn't much less. Stale gas, dry-rotted hoses, dry/cracked seals, failed starter, fried ECU, fried coolant pump. Also account for the entire other subsystem, the IG. A complex subsystem with an entirely different set of warts: shredded splines, cracked coolant lines, corroded LV/MV connectors, leaky coolant lines, fused contactor. Perh…
The reality is a modern engine is very reliable in general and yes, seals will go out but that's more a matter of time and I expect to see that in any car in 10 years. Although I have no information on the particular engine in the case here and so maybe this is a particularly bad engine but that's not an indictment against the concept itself. If a modern gas engine car can't go 300,000 miles, it's because the body has failed, not because the engine failed. Sure, you'll have some maintenance, but it is well known and fairly cheap considering all the work the car is doing.
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> Less maintenance the traditional engine. I can tell you from experience it really isn't much less. Stale gas, dry-rotted hoses, dry/cracked seals, failed starter, fried ECU, fried coolant pump. Also account for the entire other subsystem, the IG. A complex subsystem with an entirely different set of warts: shredded splines, cracked coolant lines, corroded LV/MV connectors, leaky coolant lines, fused contactor. Perh…
Mechanics often have a skewed perspective, though, and so I don't necessarily trust your experience because you see that bad cases. The reality is a modern engine is very reliable in general and yes, seals will go out but that's more a matter of time and I expect to see that in any car in 10 years. Although I have no information on the particular engine in the case here and so maybe this is a particularly bad engine…
Won't gas just varnish if you don't ever have an emergency where you need this? This seems ill conceived.
ITT: a disappointing number of low-effort drive-by comments responding to the headline alone.
I don't find it surprising or disappointing that ppl aren't bothering to go read the article because of the two factors in conjunction above
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Mechanics often have a skewed perspective, though, and so I don't necessarily trust your experience because you see that bad cases. The reality is a modern engine is very reliable in general and yes, seals will go out but that's more a matter of time and I expect to see that in any car in 10 years. Although I have no information on the particular engine in the case here and so maybe this is a particularly bad engine…
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For people thinking that pure ev + backup generator is more reliable than PHEV, i recommend this video : Nobody understands the point of hybrid cars from Technology Connections It explains why PHEV is actually a very clever idea and now it simplifies things not complicates them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnUFH5GX_fI
I have an EV and a hybrid, and the EV is so much better than the hybrid - I will happily swap the hybrid for an EREV when the time comes.