Comments on: The Record Proves It: Ford PHEV Drivers Are Smart, Use 60% All-EV Mode

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 20:02:00 +0000

Let’s back your comment up with a pretty picture.

When one considers that there is a small portion of the population who drive long distances frequently (salespeople with a large territory, for example) the electric range looks even better.

If we simply required all new vehicles to be either EVs or PHEVs we could cut our personal transportation oil use by at least 75% in one generation of vehicles (roughly 15 years). We’d see a lot of improvement quickly since ~50% of US driving is done with 5 year old and newer cars.

By: No way

No way — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 19:34:00 +0000

It’s interesting because it also shows that even a small battery will make a big difference.

20 miles range can get you about 50% all electric miles.
40 miles range can get you about 75% all electric miles (Voltstats).
80 miles range can probably give 90+% all electric miles.

There is a lot of room for improvement and hopefully soon every car will have at least a small battery as standard and most will have a bit larger battery.

Let’s hope that the kWh carried by PHEVs only will improve and not stagnate.

(And the Focus EV doesn’t really count in this discusison since it’s a 100% electric and always will get 100% electric miles regarding of range.)

By: Volt Owner

Volt Owner — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 06:32:00 +0000

VoltStats.net shows that Volt drivers run EV mode 74% of the time.

By: virtualvillian

virtualvillian — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:52:00 +0000

The 2013 Ford Focus EV has a range of 76 miles, but they only sell it in California. :-/

By: virtualvillian

virtualvillian — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 21:49:00 +0000

Electric vehicle drivers are in EV mode 100% of the time. The extra cost of a plug-in electric vehicle is only justified if you drive most of your miles using cheap electric power.

By: Marion Meads

Marion Meads — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 14:00:00 +0000

It only shows that there is room for improvement. If Ford had increased the EV range to 80 miles, that would cover about 95% of total mileage in EV miles. GM-Volt got it right, if 84% of the one-way trips are 20 miles, the 40 miles would be perfect for daily commuting round trip, which is the typical range of the Volt’s battery.