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Originally Posted by evanevery
Need... More... Range...
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Why? Most commutes are just around the 35 mile range. If it's slightly longer, you'd use a small amount of fuel per day. If it's less, you'd never use fuel.
When you want to go on the occasional long road trip, you're good to go since you have the gasoline engine. You never have to worry about having to charge up the car's battery like in a long range EV with no ICE motor. A bigger battery would also cost more, use more resources, and weigh the car down. You carry all the weight of a battery at all times, whether charged or not.
There's a use case for a lot of cars, and currently for most people in the market for a 3 series, this car is the ideal compromise between pure EV and pure ICE car.