Honda and Toyota really resisting EV's...why?

[miatadan]

Yes, I like the red ones I have seen on the road and at charging stations.

Guess I have a thing for red as 90% of cars I owned has been red.

Dan

 

[R P]

Guess I have a thing for red as 90% of cars I owned has been red.

Dan

My Kona is red, and first red car I have ever owned. I like it. And I see more and more red cars on the road now. No more grey, silver or white cars for me, at least for a while.

 

[electriceddy]

The lack of a heat pump really is what turned the tide for me (uncomfortable seats aside) from Bolt to purchase Kona EV. The resistive heating takes a huge toll on range in cooler/moist conditions. Heat pump here in the local conditions is a godsend.
I will add, in the last week or more heat spell (40-50 degrees C) just been through, the ventilated seats and efficiency of that same condenser system
A/C has been marvelous

 

[miatadan]

The lack of a heat pump really is what turned the tide for me (uncomfortable seats aside) from Bolt to purchase Kona EV. The resistive heating takes a huge toll on range in cooler/moist conditions. Heat pump here in the local conditions is a godsend.
I will add, in the last week or more heat spell (40-50 degrees C) just been through, the ventilated seats and efficiency of that same condenser system
A/C has been marvelous

I had ventilated seats in my 2019 VW Jetta Execline but to me air coming though seats felt strange

 

[ericy]

Toyota defying the haters with their Q2 EV sales (PHEV). They are capturing many of the on-the-fence EV buyers who are not yet quite ready for a full blown BEV.

Back on Earth Day, we had a sort of EV meetup. What was interesting is that there were a lot of people who showed up who were currently driving hybrids, and were ready to take the next step. Most of the BEV there were Tesla, but there were Bolt, ID.4 and Leaf present as well. Next year, there might be new Hyundai and Nissan offerings.

It wasn't that long ago that if you wanted BEV, that you had very limited set of things to choose from, and you might be forced to just suck it up and ignore some major limitations and/or shortcomings.

 

[R P]

Back on Earth Day, we had a sort of EV meetup. What was interesting is that there were a lot of people who showed up who were currently driving hybrids, and were ready to take the next step.

I think a lot of people now buying the longer EV range PHEVs find that most of their driving is short trips around town or commuting. As a result they rarely need the gas engine, to the point of worrying about stale gas. These will likely be converted to full BEVs with their next EV purchase.