Smooch, I mean KISS: The plug-in vehicle I’d buy today
The most cost-effective and boring plug-in.
It’s all about cost effectiveness
Today, a plug-in vehicle just doesn’t work for me. Unfortunately, I live in an old North East Los Angeles neighborhood where many old homes were built before cars were common. Consequently, many houses have garages built for buggies, if any garage at all. And if you don’t have a garage, you typically don’t have a driveway either. Thus, while I’m fortunate to have subway access — an LA rarity — I don’t have plug-in access.
As a result, I’ve built my life around the subway, which I love. In fact, the more I take the subway the less I’m even interested in cars, but you still need one at times, and if I had access to plug-in charging, one plug-in stands above the crowd.
Of course, that depends on your metric.
For me it’s all about cost-effectiveness, followed by upfront price. I like to KISS. So my pick is easy: the Mitsubishi i. It’s the cheapest, most effective choice. It’s as simple as that. Sure, the i is also the most boring choice, but that’s another story.
Others have different metrics.
For instance, if money were no object — gosh how I wish that were the case — it’s a Tesla Model S. Plus, I’d also trick out a Ford Transit with a photovoltaic shell and a diesel plug-in hybrid drive that is biofuel friendly (Anybody want to fund such a conversion business? Give me a call).
Unfortunately, the plug-in I really want isn’t yet available: The self-driving plug-in. But that’s a whole different conversation.
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That’s all there is right, just a plug-in model?
I’d love to see a hybrid version, maybe even a plug-in hybrid version. Kind of copy the Prius family slant.
It’s likely that the plug in model will be more widespread in the future once it can charge a car more quickly and for more miles.