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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do they do for long trips?  How long do you have to stop to charge?  Have you ever gotten stuck because others are charging at your planned stop?[/quote]

We have a hybrid. Love it. [/quote]

after extensive research on evs, think this is the first logical step.....50-60 mpgs seems to be the sweet spot [/quote]

Still have all the maintenance costs and headaches of a gas car, though. Over the period you own the car, those logistics may wind up being more annoying than the time you spend figuring out how and where to charge would be in a fully electric one. [/quote]

there are not a lot of maintenance costs on automotive internal combustion engines these days. on a hybrid, you can typically go over 10k miles before it wants a $50 oil change. a lot of hybrids have eliminated the transmission entirely. as with an EV, the brakes get much less use than a regular car because regeneration does a lot of the work. what maintenance costs and "headaches" would you anticipate?

regarding long-term reliability, the hybrid's computer system is generally a lot more protective of its lithium battery. It doesn't let it fully charge or fully discharge, which greatly improves its longevity. it's also a much smaller, and cheaper battery, than is in an EV, if it ever requires replacement.

--engineer and owner of two hybrid CUVs[/quote]

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