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Originally Posted by Murph7355
The use case for PHEV is that your daily mileage is all/mostly within battery range, or within battery range with charge speed blocks of time between. You need to be charging at home. And need the car occasionally for longer trips beyond the range of a BEV (trips that don't have good access to destination charging).
It's quite a narrow window IMO. Our usage patterns just about fit (if I've done the maths right). But had the interior of the EV9 been a little better and the deals on offer matched Volvo's, we'd have bought one.
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Isn't that the use case for a full EV ? If you can manage all or most of your required 'daily' mileage with the battery of a PHEV then you can go for several days with a full EV.
PHEV use case is covering distances which require two or more EV charges to complete the journey. The battery can be saved for the destination which may be in a restricted emissions zone requiring EV running or the battery can be used to maximise the range of the internal combustion engine.