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Re:BMW PHEV: When EU engineering becomes a synonym for "unre... by SR2Z on Friday December 05, 2025 @06:05PM (#46168581)
You also lose the ability to pull over virtually anywhere and refill your tank in five minutes, as well as the maintenance benefits that come from a decades-old design versus whatever software horrors are lurking in your car.

To top that all off, in parts of CA electricity is now 50c/kWh, which makes it roughly equally expensive to charge an EV as it is to buy a tank of gas.

I love electric cars, but there is a gap between what they COULD be and what they are.

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Re:BMW PHEV: When EU engineering becomes a synonym for "unre... by throwup238 on Friday December 05, 2025 @06:17PM (#46168681)
> To top that all off, in parts of CA electricity is now 50c/kWh

It's trending up to $0.90-1.00/kWh in places now.

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Re:BMW PHEV: When EU engineering becomes a synonym for "unre... by LoganDark on Friday December 05, 2025 @11:20PM (#46170649)
The only reason to think an ICE vehicle doesn't have software horrors is if the vehicle in question is itself decades old. Practically every software horror of an EV is going to be found in modern ICE vehicles as well. In fact some of them have more horrors than some EVs. Subscription seat warmers anyone?
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Re:BMW PHEV: When EU engineering becomes a synonym for "unre... by SR2Z on Saturday December 06, 2025 @10:26AM (#46174025)
If you buy a BMW, maybe. I have a new Honda and it's perfectly fine.
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