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Originally Posted by b0son

If it had decent EV range, I would certainly consider one. Being able to drive on EV during the week, but revert to petrol for camping/towing, would have been ideal. The stop/start around town punishes big heavy cars. The car that most intrigues me at the moment is the Haval H6GT PHEV. 180km of EV range means you need only ever use petrol as a fallback. I'd have thought this is the obvious way to go with a PHEV, yet its only seemingly used as torque fill for the stop/start in many models.

The BYD (not sure about the Havel) use electric motors which is a better drive (instant torque). The Ranger is a series hybrid so it will feel gutless on EV only mode. The petrol engine needs to work as a generator to enjoy driving a PHEV in EV only mode.