Comments by "Joe Qi" (@i6power30) on "EV sales hit new record in China in October 2023 - BYD grows, Tesla slows" video.

  1.  @byddf  Nothing wrong with PHEVs if you plug in and use EV mode over 95% of time. It saves your ass on those 5% of time when you are in emergency and no time or can't find charger.
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  2. I'm a big proponent of PHEVs. If you plug it in as much as you can, it's all good. I don't support those who drive it without pluging in. If you drive 95% of time on pure EV mode, and only 5% miles when you are in a pinch or emergency or can't find charging station, it's really beats BEV knowing that PHEV can save your ass in emergency situations. Also I tried looking for increased fire risk in PHEVs, couldn't find any source. Maybe it's BYD's PHEV specific problem. I drive a Volvo XC90 PHEV, never heard any fires in my owner's forum or media. Even BYD's PHEVs had some incidents of fires, I don't see it as permanent flaw that cannot be fixed. PHEVs aren't that complicated, and can be easily improved as technology matures. Another plus for PHEV is that I live in a big city in Canada. In winter months, being stuck in traffic due to accident or weather, if you want to run EV battery to keep yourself warm and comfortable, it can quickly drain the battery and get stranded or worse suffer hypothermia. On those rare situations, having a PHEV you know you can survive by running petrol engine for a while to keep yourself warm. Is it really worth your health and safety just to go pure EV some kind of green tech idiology? I think PHEV is the best of both worlds, and cutting 95% of emission is good enough. Trying to squeeze out the last 5% of emission to sacrifice convinence and safety, is it worth it?
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  3. PHEV has good use cases.
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  4.  @tvtriviachampion  No it's definitely politically motivated. They don't have import tarrif on other import cars just Chinese.
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  5. I wonder how much of BYD's profit can be attributed to Uygur slave labours some people are accusing China of doing. Are there evidence BYD is using Uygur slave labour?
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  6. Another key problem for low adoption rate in the US is the cost to repair. A lot of working class people in the US need cars to work. They get beaten up allot and need be repaired quickly and inexpensively. It's not the case with most of the high tech EVs.
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  7.  @nordic5490  it's not phevs fault that some users don't plug in. Maybe we should have some kind of reward for those plugin in more and penalties for those don't. I plug in every other day and 95% of miles are EV mode. I only visited gas station twice last year. As for fire, again it's a broad brush survey. If phevs catch on fire do easy why does Volvo make them? The most safety focused car maker? What are the risks of Volvo phevs catching fire? Is there a survey for that? I think because phevs are in its infancy it's technology needs to improve and mature for sure. You can't say a baby learning to walk falls down often, theefore she will suck at waking for life.
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