02-20-2022, 12:29 AM
Besides the Volt, no hybrid has ever made sense to me, at least fiscally. The cost of purchase far outweighs the savings in gas. But people buy them...
Personally, we took a long hard look at our use case and ended up going full EV with our Bolt for our primary vehicle. We have a Subaru Crosstrek that is there for the outlier trips, but I honestly dont think we need that anymore other than it has AWD for the worst weather days.
We have a Tacoma, which we probably don't really need. A simple trailer or occasional rental could probably meet our needs just fine.
Then there's our camper van...which gets about 1500 miles of use a year. We camp close by...
Looking at miles driven over the last year for our other vehicles:
Bolt EV: 8500 miles
Crosstrek: 2400 miles
Tacoma: 900 miles
E-Bikes: 2600 total miles
I would encourage more people to do soul searching about what you really need.
Personally, we took a long hard look at our use case and ended up going full EV with our Bolt for our primary vehicle. We have a Subaru Crosstrek that is there for the outlier trips, but I honestly dont think we need that anymore other than it has AWD for the worst weather days.
We have a Tacoma, which we probably don't really need. A simple trailer or occasional rental could probably meet our needs just fine.
Then there's our camper van...which gets about 1500 miles of use a year. We camp close by...
Looking at miles driven over the last year for our other vehicles:
Bolt EV: 8500 miles
Crosstrek: 2400 miles
Tacoma: 900 miles
E-Bikes: 2600 total miles
I would encourage more people to do soul searching about what you really need.