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Maybe major value decrease in two years time where everybody wants EV, perhaps.
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Buying an efficient ~60mpg ICE vehicle makes more sense than buying a PHEV in my opinion.
EV plus solar at home is the ideal as it has the cheapest maintenance/service costs, less environmental impact and the free 'fuel' offsets the cost of ownership.
How about an ex-lease EV (~30,000 miles) with a plan to sell it on again at 60,000 miles? Battery capacity would be ~99%. What's your budget?
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We're considering getting a second hand PHEV, I'd love to get an EV but we're in a terrace house and considering their higher price I don't think we'd get value for money as the car would be for occasional long trips to see family and a few short London journeys per month. So I'm thinking of a compromise and have been looking at Plug in Hybrids. They seem to have a small electric range (c.30 miles) and a small petrol motor for long journeys which sounds good for our use case.
We'd want something fairly tidy and spacious enough for a new family, so had been looking at 2nd hand Kia Xceed, or A Class which seem to have the best EV range in class of 45 miles. Any other thoughts? Are there any pitfalls with PHEVs?