Re: Next Prius to have a 9 mile all-electric commuting range
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Originally Posted by Old man
Exactly what ARE those drawbacks? No PHEV with a regenerative system REQUIRES a plugin. Its optional.
A 9 mile all electric commuting range won't cut it in today's world. It sounds like Toyota is not providing a real world increase in driving range; however, offering PHEV should make the aftermarket conversions somewhat cheaper.
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I can think of one *immediate* drawback to making PHEV standard: it will cut the appeal to the car a LOT. A PHEV would be of *no* interest to someone who lives in a condo or apartment (no place to recharge the car). Likewise, someone who has a townhouse in a high crime area (like me) would have difficulty recharging the car without some junkie stealing the power cord or some ghetto punk cutting the cord in half and then using the live wire to burn down the neighborhood. No thanks!
I don't care if PHEV is an *option*. I just don't care to see it as a standard feature.
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Last edited by AshenGrey; 04-28-2006 at 09:02 PM.
Reason: Boning to the forces of political correctness.
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