Wouldn't a PHEV FWD also require a large HV battery? What happens if the rear drive unit is just a small motor like the prius e-awd unit?
Personally for me I'd take any form PHEV. I really like the convenience of leaving home with a full charge and only using gas on the weekends.
This one looks FWD, while yesterdays prototype looked AWD. Interesting.... Also 100 lbs for 13 more kWh + phev electronics is unlikely.
Also aren't Ford's AWD PHEV using e-awd? Yesterday's looked like a standard fwd based awd system which the Ford Escape Hybrid AWD uses.
I feel like we'll get...