"Just looked at a article on plugin hybrids and 98% of the owners have not used the charging cable ?"
There shouldn't be any real need to plug in a "Plug in" Hybrid, the battery is charged when the engine is running. Isn't that the point of a hybrid?
If a plug in hybrid is used exclusively for City driving where it rarely gets above 20 mph, that's when the plug in function comes into play, but if the car sees a few miles of fast roads the batteries are soon topped up.
BTW. I am no great fan of Electric Cars or Hybrids, but I can see which way the wind is blowing, and it ain't blowing in favour of Fossil fuels. A lot can change in 50 years & to think we will still be burning oil like we do now is (in my opinion) highly unlikely.
There shouldn't be any real need to plug in a "Plug in" Hybrid, the battery is charged when the engine is running. Isn't that the point of a hybrid?
If a plug in hybrid is used exclusively for City driving where it rarely gets above 20 mph, that's when the plug in function comes into play, but if the car sees a few miles of fast roads the batteries are soon topped up.
BTW. I am no great fan of Electric Cars or Hybrids, but I can see which way the wind is blowing, and it ain't blowing in favour of Fossil fuels. A lot can change in 50 years & to think we will still be burning oil like we do now is (in my opinion) highly unlikely.