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If I get an ev and someone parks in front of the charger I can't charge overnight so can't get to work. I guess a phev would get round this issue.
Pros and cons.
If you get an EV and have a 300+ mile range, then you likely only need to charge once in a while rather than daily and you're good anyway. Plus actual EVs have far faster charging rates and can utilise specialist infrastructure better (150kw chargers).
PHEV might give you fall back to petrol but then they can only do 20-30 miles pure electric. This now necessitates charging points at both origin and destination and that they're free every day. Sure you fall back to petrol, but unless you accept the daily chore of staying charged you're basically going to still burn petrol.
I have a PHEV and I've hired EVs... there are pros and cons each way. I'd say that if your commute is below 25 miles each way then go for a pure EV with above 300 miles range and you only need charge once a week on decent infrastructure.
If your commute is more than that and you have no access to infrastructure, then the PHEV may well be the better bet.
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All good advice thanks.
I'm doing 150miles a day at the moment which I unfortunately have to drive.
No option to charge at home or work currently.
Our street is about to pay to sort out our ageing waste water pipework which is going to clean out the bank balance for a while but I think charging points will be the next thing to be looked at on a couple of years by which point Ill be working locally (fingers crossed) so I can go full elec.
sacredhart
I need to figure out charging points where I live.
It's a short private road so the residents will have to pay for installation so it would probably only be a few initially.
People don't have driveways.
There's garages but most are a fair way from the house and you can't park in front of the garages. The houses don't have lofts or basements so most garages are used for storage rather than cars.
There's a couple of lamposts that could be converted. Another issue is that everyone parks down one side of the street. If I get an ev and someone parks in front of the charger I can't charge overnight so can't get to work. I guess a phev would get round this issue.