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Those numbers are all true but do they really matter?
Should the hummer exist? Fuck no but I’m really not sure what that has to do with a RR PHEV.
My point is simple:
Any EV in an equivalent category small, medium, larger, planet sized is going to be greener versus a PHEV. And by a long distance.
Marketing PHEVs as green is con. Giving them any tax breaks at all is criminal.
Those breaks should either go towards pure EVs or to EV or renewable infrastructure.
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Those numbers are all true but do they really matter?
Yes! I’d we’re trying to be Green and safe noone should be driving anything as big and heavy as an X or Range Rover. They require too much energy to move them and are dangerous to road users in smaller vehicles.
I agree with all the other bits.
But PHEVs are better for the world than diesels. They have a good use case if you can’t do, or don’t think you can do, a proper EV. I’d rather the range anxious golfer drove a brand new RR PHEV past my suburban semi* than brand new RR diesel.
I’d obviously rather he got a new MG4 or an old Micra than either of those, but he’s a cunt.
Hefty
People without somewhere to charge their PHEV won’t get a PHEV. That would be daft.
My point is that EVs are just as guilty of being too big and bling. Teslas S, X and Y are obscenely large, unnecessarily accelerative and massive statements of wealth in exactly the same way Range Rovers are. Audi E-trons. BMW iX. There are loads. It’s not propulsion method, it’s all cars getting too big, too heavy, too dangerous. The Rivian weighs over 3 tonnes, I can’t think of a PHEV that weighs that much, it’s 600kg heavier than the RR PHEV. The electric Hummer weighs over 4000kg, unless you’re in your 40s you need a special license to drive one. It’s madness.
I don’t think PHEVs are any bigger or heavier than others.
ETA - The Tesla X is longer, wider and heavier than the current Range Rover.
TLDR: Get a 1 litre Micra.