Quote Originally Posted by Big H View Post
Assuming daily use - how often are you plugging it in ?

For longer range EV's (400km+ per charge), it's obviously not a major issue, but fumbling about taking charger's out of the boot, plugging in and then having to repeat the (reverse) process again later in the evening (invariably in the pissing rain) would grow tiring after a while for many no doubt....
That's exactly why I got a tethered charger installed at home. Very quick to plug in.

PHEVs need to be charged to make sense environmentally. I think most people investing in PHEV are doing so for flexibility. Petrol range when needed (like Dergside's situation), battery for economy and lowered environmental impact. My X5 45e has a range of 80km real world on battery, which is a lot more usable than the 30km I was getting from the 530e. But a lot of people have low mileage and a 530e could easily be run on mostly battery.
Over their lifetime EVs have a lower environmental impact than any combustion engine car.