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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by forz877 on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @12:08PM (#27985465)
People do not just buy cars for daily commutes, it doesn't make sense to solely design around that.
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Re:Toyota has stepped up lobbying to preserve its investment... by cycomanic on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @04:42PM (#27989457)
That's my point exactly, the buy the EV to be dimensioned for the occasional weekend trip, but could often be much better of with a car with EV dimensioned for the daily commute and use ICE for the couple of long trips. This would likely be more cost efficient and ecological.

Don't get me wrong I like EVs, but the current crop's design is not such a straight forward winner in terms of ecological footprint over PHEV as many EV fanboys believe.

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