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is it true BMW "Plug In Hybrid" lacks "CRG" feature???

my doctor's wife gots one and I was mentioning my Prime's "CRG" setting to charge up battery while driving around with engine and he was clueless and asked him again 6weeks later and he said it don't seem to have and only Plug In for Batt.

BMW youtubes seem to confirm. Then again ALL Toyota dealers where clueless and this seems to be an almost hidden feature (but its my fave).

The Big Sleaze Nov 17, 2021 Read More Replies: 4

All−new,all−electric Kia EV6 takes Guinness World Records™ title in journey across the United States

Kia bests Tesla’s previous record for shortest charging time to cross the U.S. in an electric vehicle by more than five hours
The average charging stop during the nearly 3,000-mile journey lasted less than 20 minutes

All−new, all−electric Kia EV6 takes Guinness World Records™ title in journey across the United States

Tideland Prius Nov 17, 2021 Read More Replies: 54

Toyota BEV attitude

Source: Toyota says large parts of world not ready for zero-emission cars

A spokesperson for Toyota told Reuters that where the energy and charging infrastructure, economics and customer readiness exist, "we are ready to accelerate and help support with appropriate zero-emission vehicles."

"However, in many areas of the world such as Asia, Africa, Middle East ... an environment suitable for promoting full zero emission transport has not yet been established," the spokesperson said. "We think it will take more time to make progress...; thus, it is difficult for us to commit to the joint statement at this stage."

Good thing they never noticed Tesla had the same problem and solved it. Tesla designed and deployed a SuperCharger network. More importantly, Tesla goes to the next layer, power generation. this is beyond the understanding of the current Toyota management. But it is...

bwilson4web Nov 12, 2021 Read More Replies: 72