Valdemar said:scottf200 said:Which is why I'm puzzled at the low/lowering Plug In Prius numbers ... even if you don't plug it in you get great MPGs. (Last Monday I *only* got 42 MPG driving my Volt on gas only for 200+ miles - 42 is from a reset of the odo after ran out of battery.)Valdemar said:In CA, many buy PHEVs just for the HOV lane sticker.
I'm puzzled they are selling at all. My best guess is that the number of people willing to pay a hefty premium just for the HOV sticker is limited.
How many people would pay a premium to be able to get 1/2 an hour more sleep every day? There's also the ability to shuffle your morning more efficiently. If you have a kid that needs to go to school before you drive to work, a longer commute means you have to drop the kid off much earlier than they need to be, this means the kid has to be up earlier which means you need to be up earlier than if you didn't have drop them off. If your commute is 1/2 an hour shorter, you can wake the kid later meaning you get up later, drop them off at a more reasonable time, then get to work on time and everyone is much happier. Hard to put a price on that.