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      03-15-2015, 04:03 AM   #19
MysticBlue
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Why would anyone buy this? Hahaha 31 km range on paper, that's like 10 km in real life.

When the high-voltage battery is fully charged, the vehicle has a range of up to 31 kilometres (approx. 19 miles) in the all-electric drive mode with a limited maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph).
I would. I could go back and forth to work without the engine ever starting. I could plug it in at work, free, and plug it in in my garage. I could go to the gym to work out and/or go to the grocery store. I could easily go for a week or two at a time of daily use without the engine ever starting. (I live in a pretty small town). Yet I still would have a fully capable SUV for longer trips without worring about range or finding charging stations. That is important because the reality of most people's finances is that they can't afford to invest the captial to have three or four specialised vehicles... an electric, a fun/sporty, a 4x4 for winter, a GT, or whatever. This vehicle would fulfill all the needs that my current X5 fulfills, while at the same time adding a whole new dimension... electric. Fully electric cars just aren't there yet, at least for my needs. Regular hybrids have proven to be not really worth the investment. They cost thousands more with very small increases in gas mileage compared to a comparable non-hybrid vehicle. The "plug-in" part of a plug-in hybrid is the bridge that really makes it a realistic and beneficial option in my opinion.
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