This guy even found that the ICE kicks in when EV mode is selected!
I have a PiP while 'waiting for the tesla'. Getting 90-150 mpg depending on the month's driving patterns, ~100 average historic (9 months).
I am happy with it. Would have purchased a Volt if in the same situation again.
No it does not accelerate briskly. For any imaginable definition of briskly. We went from a 250hp convertible to this one. Definitely not Tesla-forum "briskly". But the carseat had to go somewhere.
Yes if you floor it while in EV mode it will invoke the ICE demon. It makes a lot of sense. I'd rather have it do that than have a truck rear end me while I try to putt putt out of his way with 1 kwH left in the battery.
I get a whooping ~ 13 miles of EV mode per charge (on net level trips, even w hills)
Yes using the climate control with the full fan and AC MAY turn the ICE on.
I pay for RECs so my power is 100% 'quasirenewables' i.e wind, biogas, small hydro, solar (WA).
The worse part of owning a PHEV in my experience was the buzzkill of the ICE turning on and occasional trip to the gas station.
The best part of a PHEV was getting to know the EV community and experience firsthand - the whole 'lifestyle' is a blast - looking for chargers in your phone, sharing your home's plug on plugshare, smiling as you regen on a long downhill, enjoying the silence of the EV mode, cursing at ICE drivers blocking chargers, seeing more and more chargers pop up all around, the gameified attitude to increasing the mpg, educating other drivers that it's a practical thing, etc.
Happy but ready to move on, and I strongly recommend most people to just go to EVs when appropriate (and that is a large subset of drivers these days).