plug-in hybrids are very hard on the engine , all the on and off
“plug-in hybrids are very hard on the engine , all the on and off”
Awe jeez not this boomer fud anymore. Start stop systems are in every major vehicle class now. Engines do tens of thousands of start stop cycles now. Modern synthetic lubricants, anti drain back oil filters and fuel injection eliminated the “excess” wear decades ago. Plug in hybrids start the engine to charge for a run cycle of tens of minuets to an hour or more then off till the pack drains again. For a 200+ mile plug in that engine won’t run for weeks if not months at a time that is actually bad as it needs the heat to flash off condensed moisture in the mechanicals. The logic for a long range plug in should have a weekly run period just to keep the metals free from rust and to circulate fresh lubricants into the parts as gravity eventually drains them down. A ICE with start stop at every stop light is doing tens of thousands of start stop cycles well.more than anything a plug in would ever see even with 100 miles or 50 miles of plug in range. Even 50 miles is enough to cover the avg commute of 37 miles round trip per day. Likely a 50 mile plug in engine would only ever run on a three day weekend run somewhere. My Volvo has start stop it has 120,000 miles on it , you can’t turn it off without the Volvo factory link computer it’s not a setting in the center console so it’s always active. It starts and stops at every red light and stop sign. It starts and runs just like new so no there is not increased wear certainly not in a typical 100,000 mile lifespan. I’m gonna sell the Volvo once I have hit 150K I told myself it sunk cost and keep it as my fourth vehicle in the house. Have two trucks for truck things only. One is a diesel the other is a large SUV they tow things and go off road when needed. For everything else the Tesla has taken the lead. I wish Tesla made a truck that is not the ugly Cybertruck just a Ford Ranger sized truck with 4x4 and like 350 range empty. That would be enough to get to a rig and back or a soil sample site with gear. For towing the boat or RV yeah the diesel is the way. RAM is supposed to be coming with a range extended full size with 600+ hp and crazy towing capacity with a Cummins driving the genset like a diesel locomotive. I’ll look into that as soon as it is out. If it can do 100 miles on the pack and then turn on that Cummins it’s a win already.