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Sorry about that! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005MQRAAK/

I hated the idea of buying a car just because of how many bloated car seats could fit along the back. Instead, I got a new car seat: http://amzn.com/B005MQRAAK Any kid in a car seat will soon be out of it on on a small booster, and those take up almost no room.

I had some of the same questions: http://www.myoutlanderphev.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1066

I'm a big fan of one-pedal driving and it annoys me when EVs don't let you put all the available regen on the accelerator pedal.

In fact, part of the reason the PHEV is such a great car for me is that where I'm renting now I can plug in, but if I need to move at some point, I don't need to freak out about finding a place with off-street parking just so that my car will work.

The PHEV transmission is fantastic, even if you don't plug it in. What other SUV will get you high 30 mpgs? And if something changes later, you can start plugging in then. I'd still get the PHEV.

I drive a Leaf, and a car left on a quick charger with no one in it drives me nuts. If it was a car with a 2.0-litre gas engine, I'd probably lose my damn mind.

I'm in the Pacific Northwest, which is a notoriously mild climate. But even so, you'd be amazed what you can accomplish by pre-conditioning. I turn my Leaf's heater on 15 minutes before I leave when it's cold. By the time I hop in, everything's warm and the heater barely has to run from then on...

I don't think those German PHEVs that are coming out really "get" it. They all have 6-speed transmissions, 7 kWh batteries and huge price tags. Why you would have a geared transmission is beyond me, and just proves that there's nothing "EV" about those cars: the engineers just slapped some...

I'm with you. I test drove the i3, but it's too small for the family. Sadly, we're gonna have to wait a while: http://ecomento.com/2014/12/09/mitsubishi-outlander-phev-still-coming-to-the-u-s-eventually/ Also, it'll be a very refreshed model, so don't look to Europe or Japan for insights on...

Wow, 40 mpg? That's amazing for an SUV. The gas version get's 25 or so, I think. Hell, that's Volt territory, and that car is 10-inches shorter and probably 1000 pounds lighter!

Eh, people are complaining, but it's all tradeoffs. Mitsubishi went with a 12-kWh battery to keep the cost down and avoid any intrusion on interior space. That battery can't supply all the power needed by the motors, so the engine has to kick in sometimes. The alternative is to go with, say...

Ah, that makes sense. Half the total power comes from the battery, the other half from the engine generator, if you need it. How smooth is the transition if you floor it?

How much acceleration does it take? How much power can the battery provide before the engine needs to spin up?

I just have a couple questions, if anyone has a moment to indulge me! It's my understanding that the Outlander PHEV doesn't actually have a "geared" transmission. It runs as a series hybrid only under a certain speed, and then on the freeway, the engine can be clutched in to the front wheels to...