Skoda Superb Estate hybrid review - DrivingElectric
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Skoda has a reputation for offering great value, no-nonsense family cars, so how does that translate to the company's first-ever plug-in hybrid. Vicky Parrott samples the plush and practical Superb iV Estate to find out.
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I watch loads of different review channels , and I think Vicky here ..is the best! She fits more info into the review and makes good comparisons on cars that 'she' has personally tested. Very honest and fair , a great review !
Great review, i currently have the Superb L&K 2.0 190D with a load of options on and do 30k miles per year and even though i have 3 years left on my lease i can’t stop thinking about what direction to go in next, but I’m glad to see the Skoda IV is good as i have been loving my Superb!
Very thorough review, answered a lot of the questions I had. 👍🏾
Excellent review, effectively presented IMHO, more of the same please.
Great review. I ordered the MB E300de. Company car. This is what I would have chosen if it was my money. That leg room in the back...
I really hope we will still have estate cars when EVs take off, hate SUVs, such an inefficient way of moving people
MG are adding an estate to it's EV range later this year. Look up the MG5.
Totally agree - estates are the most practical car design - roomy inside, without being overly large outside like an SUV. I can't understand why the major EV makers haven't gone for it? Possibly because of aerodynamics, but then they are making huge SUVs? Seems a shame that such a popular car design has been ignored in the EV space :/ Imagine a Tesla Model S estate! Really practical amount of space, without the range losing aerodynamics of the Model X 😍😎
Mediumdave1983 I’ve always liked the idea of a Jaguar XF Estate in EV form. Also want to see a VW ID3 Estate (I’ve seen some renders) It’s a shame that Volvo haven’t gone aggressive and made the V70 an EV yet.
@@cannygrowabeard I absolutely couldn't agree more!! I'm a long time Volvo owner, but will probably go to Tesla next. I like the idea of the Polestar 2, but Volvo should have made a V60 or V70 BEV 5 years ago, once it was clear the Model S was changing the EV paradigm. It feels absolutely ridiculous that they've gone with the XC40 and it's pretty poor range, and the Polestar 2 with its limited size.
A BEV V60 would have been a very practical car, with plenty of room for a large battery skateboard, and plenty of space inside, all in a fairly good aero package, especially with the more 'fastback' design than the square ended V70, but good spoilers or active airflow management could have helped there possibly?
The other issue is the tech in Teslas is just so much more advanced, though I'd like to see a video of the Volvo / Polestar pilot assist in action, and see if they can get 250kW+ rapid charging to equal V3 supercharging. At least we know things are getting better, if a little slower than we'd like :)
@@Mediumdave1983 Have a look on the Fully Charged UA-cams. You'll find a 2 videos in their back catalogue on one being converted by a third party. He wanted to fit his dog in the back.
Small request but can you change the title to 'Plugin Hybrid' instead of 'Hybrid'? It helps properly educate customers that there is a difference between a 'Hybrid' (e.g. Most Toyota Prius' and Lexus') vs a Plugin Hybrid. Thanks.
She lite rally days “Plug-in Hybrid” in 00:09...
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Amazing review thank you 🙂
Please can you do the new 3008 and 508 .
Thank you
Really good she knows her stuff.
great review, thanks//
Great Video Review
I liked the review, however it would be very good to know the economy when the battery is depleted as well. It's a heavy car with a petrol engine..
~35mpg
A Passat GTE (from which the Skoda takes the internals) never ever gets worse than 8.5 L/100 km (33 mpg UK). Which is amazing since you can use 218 hp.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Passat_(B8)#Passat_GTE
On the highway at a steady 130 km/h (81 mph) it uses 8 L/100 km (35 mpg UK).
On B roads, it can go to 7 or even below 6 L/100 km (40 or even above 47 mpg UK) because it can travel 100 km (62 miles) with the petrol engine turned off in a 300 km (186 miles) journey starting with a full battery.
But if you do mostly short city runs (kids to school and then to work and back) and you charge it every day (at work or at home) it can get to 3 L/100 km (94 mpg UK) on a full tank of petrol.
So it's like a regular hybrid car but one which can run for weeks (and hundreds of continuous electric kilometers or miles) without using petrol if you charge it every day (including weekend days) and only do short commutes. Which does happen.
@@maereanm If you make many shorter trips then this could work but the motorway mpg of 35 isn't amazing.. I get about 37 going 120kph in my 300HP Leon Cupra ST.
@@mamba101 Surely a diesel 150PS version would easily do 55+ on a motorway trip
She said on her twitter that it returned 45mpg after the battery ran out. That’s pretty much identical to the diesel, so it’s a win win versus the diesel.
It would be useful to understand in real world conditions what the mpg figures are on petrol only (ie once batteries are depleted if you're on a long motorway run for example)
I don’t always get the chance to charge the batteries. Interested to know how the car performs if you just run it on petrol - would it be similar to the 1,5 tsi from a power an economy standpoint?
A decent PHEV break. I would buy one. 👍
Ok, so now I’m interested in this car.
Eddie Jack me too, doesnt have money tough
do you review in the same track as Mat Watson?
A Passat GTE (from which the Skoda takes the internals) never ever gets worse than 8.5 L/100 km (33 mpg UK). Which is amazing since you can use 218 hp.
See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Passat_(B8)#Passat_GTE
On the highway at a steady 130 km/h (81 mph) it uses 8 L/100 km (35 mpg UK).
On B roads, it can go to 7 or even below 6 L/100 km (40 or even above 47 mpg UK) because it can travel 100 km (62 miles) with the petrol engine turned off in a 300 km (186 miles) journey starting with a full battery.
But if you do mostly short city runs (kids to school and then to work and back) and you charge it every day (at work or at home) it can get to 3 L/100 km (94 mpg UK) on a full tank of petrol.
So it's like a regular hybrid car but one which can run for weeks (and hundreds of continuous electric kilometers or miles) without using petrol if you charge it every day (including weekend days) and only do short commutes. Which does happen.
Would be nice to have a phev version of kodiaq
Estates make far more sense than saloons or crossover/ SUV or whatever catch-phrase they tag them with these days.
I'm eagerly awaiting a bev estate, maybe one will be skodas next step?
Nice review. You have a mouse on your top btw.
Nice review. Is there a saloon version ?
Yes
Great review. About to change my company vehicle and I’m really torn between the Skoda L&K estate or Volvo V60.
Alan Davies whilst I like the Skoda’s very much, my choice would be the V60. You just can’t beat volvos seats
Alan Akeister thanks for the reply. I sat inside the V60 today and the seats are so comfy. Thats the car for me I think.
Alan Davies do they do a hybrid Volvo? From a tax point of view the Skoda is definitely the preferred option for my company choice. Superb iV is 10% BIK so £650 py on 20% or 1300 on 40% the Volvo was diesel only option and £2100/£4200 a year so it was a no brainier which to choose
I’ve currently got a 2 Liter Diesel (50 mpg regularly) as a cab; do you think us cabbies are are going to love it, or are the extra batteries and small petrol engine going to return lower mpg? Also I would be out of warranty in one year (60k). What do you know about battery degradation and replacement cost? So much extra to go wrong electronically plus the expensive gearbox (dual clutch constant mesh manual operating as an automatic); often they can’t hack it for high mileage users!
J4 I had the same thoughts, I’ve got a Golf GTE which has all the same gubbins and I found it does more mpg than my 1.6 diesel beforehand in town even when the battery is depleted. It’ll do 50+ mpg stop start driving when flat. I’m hoping the gearbox will be more reliable than a regular DSG as at under 20mph it almost always starts off on the E motor, hopefully meaning no wear on the gearbox unlike a regular engine. No problems thus far at 80k so heres hoping!
I just bought a Toyota rav4 hybrid. But I can now see so many plugin hybrids coming... shame, wish I could have held off another year or two.
Very good reviews 👌 ..much better then car wow...presentation...
My 2013 Vaxhall Ampera has a greater EV range. I just feel VW group could have made 60-100 mile EV range hybrids with today's battery technology. It's sort of the bare minimum required.
You are spot on. A huge car like this has so much space for batteries, it should just be a full EV
Richard D agreed - I wish there was someone who could convert my superb estate into an EV. Instead I am selling it and buying a e-Niro.
@@antwnpowell There's a company in Wales who could help with that. www.electricclassiccars.co.uk/
@@evilmario6061 if you take away even more space from the boot yes
This is for regs compliance and bik dodging for the short term. Everyone is doing it. VAG have the full electric range to take over soon enough but phevs are here to stay.
Dear #DrivingElectric
could you please confirm that this Suoerb really has the smart navigation function? Like you need to enter the destination into the navi and it will calculate when to turn on the petrol/electric engine to be the most efficient?
Thank you so much for your feedback
#DrivingElectric could you please advise?
She literally mentioned it in the video.
mpg???
Maybe I missed this, but is this AWD when in dual engine mode?
No. Drive goes to front only.
I liker review style.
Does the car feel under powered when the batteries are flat? Seriously considering one of these but the electric range would only cover one way of my commute.
Not underpowered at all
02:22 someone grabbed the B pillar with greasy hands.
I have a question about Skoda, but I'm not quite sure, how to write it, but:
Roomsted had a function to light up fog lights and move left or right the "main" lights, so it would make driving at night so much easier, because the corners were lighted up. Skoda doesn't provide this anymore - only fog lights a turning on on turns, but the main lights are fixed. Why?
The actual lights turn with the steering on my Surberb.
They are HID not the new LED.
Great for driving on county lanes.
My 2017 Superb sport line diesel has both cornering fog lights and steering headlights, which are excellent. Currently averaging 53 mpg with a 60 mile round trip motorway commute. Great car!
Have Skoda superb estate 2020 timing belt or timing chain? Please anyone can answer me that question 100% sure, Pleeease??
I thougt Ill be missing on something selling my beloved 2015 Mazda 6 estate 2.2 Skyactiv D Sport Nav trim lev and buying recently an used late 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV GX4h trim level. Seeings whats coming up 6 years later, for £9000 I think I had a great deal. I m managing 16 to 24 miles with full charge, almost 50mpg in town when batteries depleted and in normal mode, 38 mpg motorway with no battery left and 34mpg on Charge mode, GX4h spec so loaded( leather heated seats, sunroof, reverse camera, app to control heating and demisting from comfort of th home), so comfortable, nice space in the back( floor almost flat), zero tax and Mitsu reliability (had different models before) and history with electrics. I lost myself in own words. Yeah its not perfect but ticked all my boxes ( btw I average 20 miles a day to work and some short stops on the way back so I do 80 to 90 % running the batteries).Give it a try. They hold value well.
like your presentation . like skoda brand, don`t like hybrid!
Why not?
What’s the difference between “Hybrid” and “Plug-in Hybrid”????
Hybrid is charged by the engine, plug in is charged by plugging it in
Clearly a vehicle for European market only. It is a pitty it will never be available in other major markets such as North America.
@James Harris Not necessarily true since Volvo allows to order their station wagons/estate cars in the USA. Audi, BMW and MB have their spuced up sport wagons in and out of USA market in the last several years.
Porsche Panamera has its sloped wagon version on sale; its pure EV version Taycan is coming up as a wagon. The best selling vehicle from Subaru in the USA is a station wagon Subaru Outback.
I have to admit that most manufacturers pushed SUVs and CUVs on the USA market and killed wagons. Also they almost killed minivans which are called MPVs in Europe. They also are killing the sedans/saloons and are spoiling the hatchbacks by making them look similar to coupe like liftbacks as for example happened to Mazda 3 hatchback.
Yet I believe VW may bring something similar to the USA the Skoda is selling in Europe.
Is it only FWD?
Yes
The main piece of information that would have been useful would have been the realistic mpg
Realistic MPG about 55-65mpg
Press the right buttons and you'll get to where you want to go!😇😉
Filling them jeans well. Lovely stuff.
So if you don't use the plug in daily and you drive it as a hybrid, the fuel efficiency is very bad, as it is on any plug in car , due to the heavy plus of the battery. If you don't do the mileage on electric daily and keep your car for 3 years, tou'll be better with the 1.6diesel engine, same spec but a lot cheaper. This is the real life true of the plug in cars. Or just get a normal hybrid.
life-is-fun it’ll do 45 mpg once the battery runs out on average, more like 50+ in town as it still acts like a normal hybrid when the battery is depleted. You’re not going to get that out of a diesel. A diesel might get like 4 mpg more on the motorway but if you care that much buy a £500 banger lol
@@ciaranwebb6871 well you didn t get the point. With a 1.6 se technology DSG I get 49-54mpg in town motorway an easy 64mpg, so you can get more, but the idea is, all that extra money that is the difference in price from the diesel to the plug in hybrid I can spend it in soooo many ways. That s the idea. And if you really want a good hybrid woth space, get the new Corolla.
What is most of your daily driving is under 30 miles? And you want to take a long journey every now and then?
I know of someone who has a hybrid child 🤣
Looks like a great car but who would buy this at current price, you can lease a Tesla 3 for the same money.
Paul Fisher odd comparison
wschnitzler just that you could go for a full electric car for the same price and one with good range.
I think charging time is disastrous.
I cant imagine charging this at motorway charging points, the pure EV users would thrash me
then use the petrol engine lol
40mpg if drive slowly on hybrid. Far too expensive. Range of max 400 miles on full charge and tank is poor. Soundproofing including glass thinner then on Passat, door hinges cheap, driveshafts and brakes smaller then equivalent Passat hence this is cheaper. Seats are too hard and short.
Superb is too long for most. Octavia is a better size for parking etc
Moved from pure EVs to PHEV (outlander) and honestly, if you consider phev, then dont! 30mi of EV range is useless. No point to bother with charging it. I eventually gave up on charging it and im pretty eco friendly person. Go for a pure EV - no need to service, no breakdowns, fast, you can trash it around all day every day... my 3 year old Leaf was my drift machine around London and after the 3 years and 2 jumps of the ground, it was almost as new. So get a pure EV with at least 60kwh battery pack and youll never look back. PHEV is just a poor excuse for overcomplicated lame slow ICE car. Btw the value will go down the drain. My outlander is still 50k new. 4 year later I got for it 15k and that will go further down as proper EVs are entering market.
Great if you can get the range to work for you. Phevs have their place if the usage patterns allow full use of the left range and frequent charging.
New phevs like these have better petrol only mpg too. That said, even a boggo Toyota hybrid make sense as they will give 60mpg all day long.
If you can only afford one car, bevs may not be the best choice
I can’t agree. I have a Outlander PHEV and the majority of my driving back and forth from work is electric, plus short journeys are great. The big advantage over BEV us that you can charge on the go and, as more cars become BEV, good luck finding a charging point or good luck parking up for an hour just to get onto one
Batteries are still an issue. Both capacity and charging speed. I cannot afford 2 cars as periodically I have to do 200+ miles trips. Leaf won´t help me here, unfortunately.
@@NikitaKoselev (thumbs up for your nickname). Leaf? Been there and agree. The least one need is KIA NIRO EV or alternative with minimum of 60kWh battery pack. Anything less is useless. I prefer to drive and so often having to do upto 2000 km journeys. Tesla is so far the only option in such extreme case thanks to their rapid chargers. After 400 mi driven I need a loo and to stretch my legs. That takes roughly 30 to 45 min - equivalent to the charging time necessary for the next 300 mi.
Honestly, I'm very much eco friendly, but with Outlander PHEV after a while I find it pointless to even plug in for that miserable 22 miles in cities, or shocking 14 miles on motorway.
Financially PHEVs are expensive and over the coming 2 years as batteries are dropping in price, will become worthless. So I've got rid of mine and bought 2nd hand 60 MPG diesel until my monstertruck Tesla will be delivered.
It’s a shame it has tiny petrol, just no worth it for company car users
Michael Taylor well yes and no depending on what tax allowance you get with it
MrTangolizard i guess! I’d love one over my 530e tbf!
I have a late 18 plate Superb L & K 2.00ltr Estate Diesel. Great car cannot fault it in any way. 55- 60mph silent, comfortable, fine. I would love a electric version at an affordable price, but 39 -40 mile range does not really inspire me I will reach my destination under full electric power. Staying in the countryside, a much higher range is required. Come on Skoda, wake up to reality, an affordable high range electric as soon as possible, I know it takes time to develop, with all the features my L&K offers. This is my 2nd Skoda, and would not think of another manufacturer. Great build quality and comfort. Highly recommended.
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"traffic sign recognition" - so the lady thinks is wierd to not having that stuff. Good old days when actually drivers has to use their eyes on the road...
Good but still half assed. The Citigoe has 38 kWh in its tiny frame and there is no gain from that petrol over something like a 1.6TDi. Stick both under that Superb and it would not only be a much better ev but also a much better mile muncher once the juice runs out. Based on the numbers here that would be around 100 miles ev range (lets call it 70 - or double) then we know the 1.6TDi on a run is good for 60+mpg unlike the 1.4TSi in this.
13kWh these days in a car that size is just short of being a joke.
It really feels now like they have plenty in the bag but are holding onto it so they have something to wow buyers for the next few years once this dies off.
Hybrid just adds another level of things to go badly (expensively) wrong.. Get a reliable lightly used petrol car... The money you saved will be so much more than any hybrid or EV car.... An used EV if in good condition might be an option... New ones are just, far too expensive..
I won’t buy cars anymore, i lease them, i have been doing so for 4/5 years and it takes all the headache out.
The rule i stick to is if it appreciates buy it if it depreciates lease it!
🤪 Iove a girl with hips... car looks ok
Great review, but please learn to pronounce Skoda correctly :(
This seems a useless compromise to me. PHEV with 30 odd claimed range and four hours charging adds all the inconvenience of electric and almost no benefits. The only use would seem to be dodging road tax. Or commuting a tiny distance and recharging every couple of days. As soon as you drive anywhere further you're stuck with the extra weight and underrated petrol engine. Worst of both worlds.
Skoda just the vilest looking cars
They have definitely got worse recently after peaking 2015
32,000 hahahahahahah yeh ok
Hybrids are a waist of time. Instead of being the best of both worlds they are the opposite. With Hybrids you get all the downside of an ICE (internal combustion engine) and the downside of only having a small battery for the EV side of things - so a small range, usually about 30 miles max. ICE cars have about 2000 moving parts compared with an EV which has about 20. A pure EV will therefor be more reliable, cost less to service, and will last longer than an ICE car. It's residual value will be much better which is why ICE car sales and PHEV sales are falling whilst pure EV sales are rising. The new crop of EVs like the Tesla Model 3, Kia E-Niro, Hyundai Kona, Renault Zoe etc have great long range so there is no reason to buy a PHEV today. If you do you will regret it and the residual value will plummet. They will also cost more to run and service.
EV's don't depreciate as much as ICE cars as demand is huge for electric cars whereas ICE car sales are plummeting year on year now that electrification is happening globally - as all governments are mandating it. Just try driving an old diesel in London today with the Ultra Low emmission zone - it will cost you a fortune. Other cities in the UK will be following London's lead. Some EV's have even gone up in value in the last two years due to supply and demand e.g., the Hyundai Kona and the Kia e-Nero - due to excessive demand and short supply second hand prices are often more than new as there is a one year waiting list for them.
Petrol and diesel cars will plummet in value in the next 2 years as every automaker is now trying to play catch up with Tesla to produce electric vehicles.
Why Internal Combustion Engine Powered Cars Are Obsolete ua-cam.com/video/d7tRlsoZgdI/v-deo.html&feature=share
Martin Woods agreed - and when it comes to MOT time there is a lot more to go wrong with a PHEV
Only problem is, proper estate EVs do not exist. All the electric cars you mentioned are fine, but no replacement for something like a Superb.
VW's ID Space Vision might do the trick, but it's still years away from being sold.
Am i the only one who thinks Skoda superb is very weirdly long stretched car? Even saloon 🤐
One more hybrid review and I will be unsubscribing.
The title of the video is misleading. It's a PHEV with a 13 kWh battery. And can run for weeks (and hundreds of continuous electric kilometers or miles) without using petrol if you charge it every day (including weekend days) and only do short commutes. Which does happen.
Also, if you count only the full electric cars, there wouldn't be so many videos on the channel.
And PHEVs have their place in history while the charging infrastructure matures. Because it badly needs to mature.
PHEV's are what hurt the charging infulstructure the most....
@@uberleafguy7876 please present the reasons why that would be happening (why PHEV's would be what hurt the charging infulstructure the most).
I will present the reasons why that is not happening (why PHEV's are what Helps the charging infrastructure):
* with PHEVs, the chargers have more customers, make more profit and are more incentivised to build more chargers. When a PHEV goes to a charger, the petrol stations have 1 less customer that buys petrol. The petrol stations see the incentives to put electric chargers on their premises to stay in business.
* PHEVs use the same adaptors (Type 2 and even CHAdeMO) as the electric cars and as the chargers. The chargers don't have to support a different adapter just for PHEVs.
* the owners of PHEVs have clearly bought into the idea that we need to drive electric cars that don't spew out CO2 for every single inch they travel.
* the reasons to buy a PHEV instead of a BEV (Battery Electric Car) include that maybe you can only afford to own just 1 car that needs to do everything, including the long journeys on holidays. Maybe you can't afford a big battery car that may cost 60-100k. Maybe you only have 20-30k for a car. Maybe the PHEV you buy is second hand, because you can't afford it brand new either. Should such a family use an ICE (internal combustion engine) car?
* a PHEV can be driven for weeks (and hundreds of continuous electric kilometers or miles) without using petrol if you charge it every day (including weekend days) and only do short commutes. It does happen that PHEVs are driven on pure electric 30 out of 31 days of the month and the petrol engine is only used 1 day in a month.
* my PHEV has a 1.4L internal combustion engine and right now it shows a 4.0 L/100 km (70 mpg UK) value for the last 1400 km (870 miles). It has even displayed a 3.3 L/100 km (85 mpg UK) long term value at some point. That would be impossible if the car had no PHEV in it. The figures would be 2 or even 3 times worse.
* there are PHEVs which have 24 or even 30 kWh batteries.
* when the BEV cars will get cheaper to be affordable to the masses, the owners of PHEVs will already be in the system:
** they already are used to charge the car and know where the chargers are;
** they already have all the apps on their phone;
** they already know what's the difference between kW and kWh;
** they already know what regenerative braking is.
* PHEVs are BEVs that don't leave you and your entire family stranded when the battery runs out. The wife and the children really appreciate that. If this didn't happen, the family would be against buying a car that leaves you stranded.
* PHEVs use the battery mostly in the city runs, which means every single pedestrian around benefits from the air not becoming more toxic because of this just another car joining the road.
I agree that BEVs are better. Just like being rich is better. Most people want that, not everybody has it.
@@maereanm come to London and you will see what hogs the chargers..... Baring in mind most of them charge at 3.3kwh's, 3 hour + for 20 miles
@@uberleafguy7876 I see your point.
Your complaint isn't that PHEVs exist, your complaint is that the manufacturers haven't given them high speed (22 kW) charging. I totally agree with that. But I think that would make the cars more expensive because they would need active water cooling for the battery. Nissan Leafs BEVs don't have this active cooling and it hurts the charging speed on the 2nd and 3rd charging on long journeys.
But that's true with all EVs: they all need to charge faster (something for the manufacturers to provide). And all the owners need to move the car to free up the charger as soon as it's done charging regardless of the charging speed.
Which means we're already at the point where we need to add charging plugs at most (or even at every single) parking spot in the city (business centers, malls, street parking, homes). Wherever cars sit still for hours, they should be able to recharge.
We have long way to go. But it's a good thing, we have also come a long way already. It's a good problem to have. Would we rather be in the exact opposite situation?
I don't understand why hybrid's are regarded as EV's. In my view they are just petrol powered electric generators that will be phased out with the ban on petrol and diesel cars in 2035. May I suggest you change your UA-cam channels aims and stop reviewing them.
You're thinking of a standard hybrid - not a plugin hybrid which doesn't have to be a 'petrol powered generator'. We own 3 EVs and 1 of them is a PHEV which we mostly drive on pure electric but occasionally need to use the petrol engine as it covers very long journeys and Ecotricity on motorways just isn't reliable enough to be able to guarantee charging. PHEVs have a place in the transition to full EV transport and so worth reviewing them especially given there are MANY models coming out this year and they can make a very significant impact. Agree with your point on basic hybrids though.
The title of the video is misleading. It's a PHEV with a 13 kWh battery. And can run for weeks (and hundreds of continuous electric kilometers or miles) without using petrol if you charge it every day (including weekend days) and only do short commutes. Which does happen.
@@OVB_NL Thanks for the clarity but it is still a fact that new sales of them will be banned along with petrol and diesel cars in 2035. Therefore, for me the message is they are not real regarded as EV's.
@@maereanm So what's the point?. Just buy a proper EV and charge it every day. Current EV's can achieve a real range of 250-300 miles.... what sort of range do you need?
@@robertburnett1762 I can't afford an EV with a real range of 250-300 miles. But I can afford a PHEV for a 4 people family. The BEVs I can afford can't fit the luggage of 4 people.