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I'm not advocating buying a diesel or whatever instead. I'm saying that EVs (the thread we're in) are better and PHEV / mild hybrid are greenwashing nonsense.
Before the next person jumps in - of course having a teleporting device to get from one place to the next would be greener than an EV or getting the non-existent train or walking backwards etc...
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Yeah maybe but full electric isn't necessarily as helpful for the businessman who cruises motorways to client meetings all day who are currently driving a company Merc, there's still the issues of range, charging points, time to charge etc. There could be an argument mild hybrids are greenwashing nonsense but I don't believe that's true for PHEV where most journeys should be done on pure electric anyway.
Sumo
I don't think getting a plug in hybrid to use the electric range is particularly edge case. Sure there's probably people cruising around in a company PHEV Merc that have never been plugged in but if you're spending your own money on it and all you do is motorway driving why wouldn't they just buy a mild hybrid?