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Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain

170 points · 462 comments · mroche

  1. Toutouxc · · focus · HN ↗
    I used to like hybrids, and obviously series hybrids are the coolest kind of hybrids, but now that I’m driving a budget EV, I honestly don’t see the point anymore. Just get the EV and skip the awkward half-way step that inherits the most expensive and complicated parts from both designs.

    Seeing a sleek modern car pull away whisper quiet and then start the ICE 3 seconds later with a stutter and a puff of water vapor from underneath is the most schizophrenic sight, it somehow feels more dated than actual ICE cars.

    Unless you live in bumfuck nowhere with expensive electricity, zero solar power and a daily 5 hour commute, an EV will likely work just fine for you.

    1. acomjean · · focus · HN ↗
      Also city dwellers with street parking and it’s hard charge, so a pure EV is a bad fit.

      Hybrids with their good mileage although complex are a good fit for those.

      1. Toutouxc · · focus · HN ↗
        Funnily enough, I’m a city dweller with street parking.
        1. jgalt212 · · focus · HN ↗
          How many cities offer both abundant street parking and abundant charging stations?
          1. Toutouxc · · focus · HN ↗
            Sorry, but how are these two related? What point are you trying to make? I live in the capital of a smaller European country and there's enough of both for it to be viable for me to own an EV. I believe it's the same in other larger cities and towns in the country (and smaller ones with malls or close to highways), then there's the weird gap of smaller towns that don't have enough chargers, but where many people live in apartment blocks with street parking, and then there's the countryside with small villages where people usually park in front of their house (and can charge at home easily).
            1. jgalt212 · · focus · HN ↗
              > Sorry, but how are these two related?

              I dunno. Ask the OP.

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