Plug-In Hybrid Electric Cars
Electric Motoring without Range Anxiety.
If you’re dipping your toe into electric motoring for the first time, Plug-In Hybrids, or PHEVs, are a great place to start. You get an electric-only range that’s likely to cover 90% of your commuting needs and a petrol or diesel engine in there for longer journeys.
With some PHEVs able to take you up to 60 miles on a charge, some PHEV owners can go months without refueling, relying on dirt-cheap nighttime electricity for most of their daily needs. And if you do need to go further, your PHEV will travel in Hybrid mode – just like a Prius, saving you fuel there too.
There’s a tonne of choice on the used market these days – everything from Ford Pumas to Mitsubishi Outlander SUVs – so you’re sure to find a car to suit your needs.
Which one will you choose?
- Plug-in Hybrids are known as PHEVs
- There’s a vast choice in PHEVs these days and they’re all a little different
- Car Make, size, body style and battery size are the usual variant differentiators
- If you’d like to know which PHEVs will take you the furthest, click here and check out our handy guide.
Car Finance Calculator For Plug-in Hybrid Electric Cars
Representative example:
Borrowing £9,000 over 60 months with a representative APR of 21.9%, an annual interest rate of 21.9% (Fixed) and a deposit of £0.00, the amount payable would be £238.28 per month, with a total cost of credit of £5,296.90 and a total amount payable of £14,296.90
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There’s a vast choice in PHEVs these days and they’re all a little different. Some have bigger batteries than others, some are bigger cars. If you’d like to know which ones will take you the furthest, click here and check out our handy guide.
PHEVs are complicated machines and complexity can create problems. PHEVs have been shown to be reliable however, though there’s not much data to go on right now. Learn more by clicking here.
The car that suits you depends on you. There is no one size fits all answer. In many ways a PHEV is better than a Hybrid but if you don’t have a place to plug yours in then you might be wasting money.
Plug-In Hybrids: you plug them in, right? Well… you don’t have to. But it’s better when you do. The more you can keep your car charged up, the more money you’ll save on petrol or diesel. Find out more by clicking here.
You can drive a PHEV without charging it but you’ll not be making the most of your purchase. You might even be wasting money Vs. a traditional plugless Hybrid. See how things stack up by clicking here.