In reply to Seppo.

Back when I got the Insight, I was actually so impressed with the Clarity that I tried to figure out any way I could run a cord out of the house to do 110V drip-charging on it. This house is an almost comical perfect storm of home-charging hostility: not only can we not open the old horses-and-carriages-style folding garage door, but there's not even an electrical outlet in the garage. (Which was bad for resin printing as well!) Plus there are no vertically-opening windows on the ground floor of the house, so we can't even run a plug out a window without leaving it dangerously opened.

I've driven a hybrid for about 13 years now, and even when I got the first one, I had slight ethical reservations about it, because non-PHEVs always felt like stopgap technology that was just letting manufacturers and oil companies keep punting the ball instead of genuinely committing to renewable energy. At this point, even a PHEV feels symbolically like running out the clock, so if the choice is between that or being slightly inconvenienced in charging with a full EV, I feel like I should choose the latter.

My assumption now is that ~250 mile range was the minimum acceptable for me since it'd be a week's worth of commutes. (Outside of COVID, and still at the same house and same job, obviously). I figure before the virus, I'd get groceries at least once a week, and it always took at least an hour no matter how little I was getting, so doing the bulk of the charging then would be all right. Especially if I'm able to top it off at work over the course of the week.