My 2005 Toyota Prius is on the fritz. If I have to replace it, my goal is to decrease my carbon footprint and get an all-electric car.
Once that goes, my next car after that had better be carbon-negative.
(Also, my car is just a backup to my e-bike)
@Riedl what do you make out of this? https://www.axios.com/2023/05/27/electric-vehicles-carbon-emissions I myself recently bought Yaris as a first car ever. Was car sharing so far, but it turned out way too complicated when the logistics of baby seat need to be factored in
@mapto Plug-in-hybrid is acceptable. Car only needs to go ~12 miles round-trip when I have to drive so I would probably never use any gas. Something the size of a Yaris would also be fine. Sadly, automakers are constantly discontinuing small hybrids and small EVs.
@Riedl they have the reasons to do it. Scratched upon by the axios article: batteries are very heavy, so carrying around many of them comes with a price.
The manufacturer's claim is that 4th generation Yaris goes on (non plug-in) battery ~80% in city driving. I couldn't care less about this data point, as I don't intend driving it in cities, but in the mountains. This completely flips the energy calculation, but was unable to find any detailed account of this use case.
