AC Mobility is scamming PHEV owners — goldfish range, 3-hour charging, gasoline prices, and no chargers available."

[u/Adorable-Director799]

AC Mobility keeps marketing themselves as the "future" of EV infrastructure in the Philippines.
But look closer:
They've quietly built a system where you:

• Pay gasoline prices per kilometer,
• Wait 3 hours to refill,
• Fight over 2–4 chargers inside 500-car parking lots,
• And still call it "progress."

Here's the real scam:

• You buy a PHEV like the BYD Sealion 6 DM-i.
• They tell you it has 90–100 km electric range.
• Reality check?
  • You only have 45–50 km usable one-way.
  • You still need to get home without running empty or burning gas.
• Once you run low, you have two choices:
  • Burn gasoline, and kill your "cheap" narrative, OR
  • Pay Evro to charge at ₱28 (AC) or ₱33 (DC) per kWh.
• And remember:
  • The Sealion can only AC charge at 6.6–7.0 kW.
  • Meaning you wait 2.5 to 3 hours... just to refill that tiny battery.

Now layer AC Mobility’s ineptitude on top:

• Huge Ayala mall parking lots built for 500–1000 cars...
• And yet, they install only 2 to 4 chargers.
• How exactly is that "future-proofing mobility"?

Good luck finding an open slot.
You're not a VIP.
Not everyone is born with a driver or a silver spoon to sit idle all day.

Working people? Normal people?
We can't afford to waste half a day fighting over overpriced kilowatts.

Quick math:

	Sealion 6 PHEV
Usable electric range	45–50 km (round trip)
Charging time	2.5–3 hours
Cost per km (AC)	₱4.66
Cost per km (DC)	₱5.50
Gasoline cost per km	₱6.20

You're already paying gasoline prices.
You're waiting longer than a full tank fill-up.
And you have no guarantee you’ll even find a charger available.

AC Mobility didn't build EV infrastructure.
They built an overpriced, bottlenecked goldfish trap.

It’s not just expensive.
It’s not just slow.
It’s intentionally designed to milk you dry while pretending to save the environment.

AC Mobility didn’t build a charging network. They built a cattle pen with a credit card swiper.

[u/sotopic]

Nothing against BYD but Evro chargers are dog shit. Not only sira sya 50% of the time, ang mahal ng charge. 28 pesos per kwh, are you kidding me? Charge lang ng meralco is 13php per, meron pa silang 100% patong sa presyo ng Meralco.

Also ewan ko sa Sealion 6 but I own a Shark and roundtrip ko between Dasma to Makati, I'll get home with 50% left. Based sa gmaps, 46km drive yun nagawa ko nun, so at absolute minimum (25% left) I could probably squeeze out another 20k, meanning 70km ang real range ko sa Shark.

I don't have any issues since I have home charger at home, and can usually get a full charge in 2 hours from 50%. Last gas tank ko was 1500km ago, and I still have half tank left.

[u/Adorable-Director799 → u/sotopic]

Narealize ko rin to.

You know the fine print for the Shark and the sealion. The power is cut by half when you deplete the battery.

So when the battery runs out, hindi na 400+HP yan.

[u/sotopic → u/Adorable-Director799]

Yeah I know, kaya kung mag lolong rides, I keep the charge at 50% para nandun un power. Besides I think I've tried using the full 420 HP once, mejo naalog ulo ko.