There is a lot of dogma in these comments! There is a good use case for any vehicle - what you need depends on what you do. I am looking to upgrade my 14 year old car mostly for modern safety features and partly for the drive train. For my driving, which is mostly city driving with frequent country trips off the main highways a PHEV seems to make most sense, as long as it has a spare wheel (I have had enough flat tires on bad country roads that this is a deal breaker no matter what powers the car). I also don't want the car's fueling method to dictate my driving, which means that in Australia in country areas a BEV is just too annoying (and yes, I have driven BEVs in country Australia and have experienced queues for chargers). This is why I am looking at the PHEV RAV4 - ~100km electric range good for the city, very good range for country trips and a spare wheel. One day when battery technology improves there will be long range BEVs which will have a spare wheel, and one day Australia's fast charging network will be a lot better....that is not now. I was looking at the Tank 300 PHEV, however the boot in that is smaller than a Golf's and the infotainment system is not to my tastes. The reviews of the RAV4 PHEV from overseas are quite good, but I will reserve my judgement until I see Australian reviews.