credit from the feds if you pay enough taxes, and gets a bout 350 to 400 miles range, an all electric, which is lease only and gets about 90 mile range, and a fuel cell model which is lease only. Not sure about the range on that one.
The Clarity PHEV is very much like the Volt, if you are familiar with that. All electric for about 50 miles before hybrid version with ICE kicks in.
The Clarity PHEV has been out in the U.S. since 2018.
I am hesitant about recommending all electric or plug-in hybrids, not only because everyone's driving style and situation is different, and people need to do their own due diligence, test driving, etc., but because they are still relatively new to the market. For instance, Chevrolet last year announced they were dropping the Volt, and while the Volt will still be maintained by them, one can assume because of that decision, the resale value on Volts will go down rapidly verses other models that are still being produced.
Both Ford and GM have also announced they are focusing their future on all electric, truck and SUVs, and pretty much focusing the car lines to the Japanese, Koreans, and Europeans. Of they can always reverse that decision, but it is something to keep in mind, because it implies that things are very dynamic.
It is still a safer and less expensive investment to go with an ICE or hybrid car like Toyota's Prius, and various other models from Toyota, Honda, Ford, Hyundai, etc. that have technologies that have been around longer, because things are still in transition.
For an all electric vehicle, there is no question, Tesla has the most road time out there, but people have been paying a premium price for them, and the Model 3 is the first one that is more in a standard price.
One needs to keep in mind that the warranty for these all electric vehicles on the battery is usually setup in a way to guarantee the battery will retain its capacity by a certain percentage, after a certain amount of time, or it will be replaced. After that period has passed though, if the battery goes out, currently that could be quite expensive to replace, though they are working on technology to
make those batteries cheaper, and last longer.
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