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Originally Posted by Kardax
The other thing is that battery lifespan isn't as important for PHEVs. If you get an 80 mile pack that's down to 60 after five years... you might not be affected at all. The worst case is that your engine will fire up sooner on a long trip, maybe costing you another $5 in gas.
-Ryan
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I think this is actually a big point. People (people as in Joe public) probably wont see this themselves until they've had the car for a few years. But when you've got a range extender unless you drive exactly the same route every day for like 10 years you wouldn't notice as for every month after a certain period the RE starts up another 100 yards closer to your house... It's the same thing that happens to ICE cars now, they get crappier and crappier mileage as they age and as you put mileage on your oil change f. inst.
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