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That's basically 90% of every car owner.
It's one of those things where people feel like they're going to take a road trip every weekend, but most people are just using their car to commute to and from work and maybe take one or two longer trips per year. The time saved by not having to stop at a gas station throughout the the year is less than the additional time taken at a fast charging station for the rare road trip.
It's wild how little you end up actually needing more than 50 mi range. Even in a spread out California city, I rare use the ICE in my Volt
Volt, nice choice. I wish there were more plug-in hybrids to choose from. Logically 50 miles on battery would suffice for most of my trips.
PHEV should've been the norm with ICE as a rare, overly expensive option. Since 2014 or earlier.