• silence7OPM
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    4 months ago

    Actual use of minivans I see: moving kids around town. 30 miles does that nicely. Road trips are a small fraction of total mileage.

    The people I know who own them have been happy.

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      4 months ago

      While it will depend on use case, 30 miles isn’t all that much when the average US commute is 41 miles, and that’s not including that if your moving kids around town your likely going between more than just school work school home, and so will will need more range given the three for four trips on a single charge.

      Say for example you start at home, you go five miles to school, another ten to work, ten back from work to school, and your out of battery even before any moving kids aroud town to friends or activities can start. Never mind that the Pasifica lacks a heat pump, so if you live in a place that gets cold your going to be spending a decent slice of that battery on heating.

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        4 months ago

        People tend to charge at work, at least where I am. So it means all-electric except on road trips.

        That’s downright amazing.

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          4 months ago

          Ya, around here being allowed to charge at work is pretty rare. I can’t imagine it being more likely when the vehicle doesn’t need to.

          Having the option of being all electric period is a lot more useful.

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            4 months ago

            I don’t doubt that it’s more useful in every case other than road trips. But PEHV is pretty good, and it’s what’s on the market today.