Why not a CR-V as a PHEV? The
Why not a CR-V as a PHEV? The clue is if you look at the Chrysler Pacifica PHEV. When you have a heavy tall vehicle it takes a lot of battery power to move it. So you either have to spend double as much on batteries, putting you in Tesla territory, or you have to accept siginificantly less range -- the Pacifica's battery-only range has been around 25 miles in real world tests. If Honda tried to keep the CR-V's price down by using the electric bits from the Clarity PHEV, you'd be blasting it for its short range. If they tried to give it decent range by adding more batteries, you'd be blasting it for its high price. In short, there's no "win" for a PHEV CR-V.