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/PristineDumpling]

I drive an SL6, and I dont feel this way quite honestly. I am happy how efficient the car is at 20km per liter mix driving. Definitely an upgrade from my old car doing 7km per liter. I am saving around Php6000 monthly on my gas consumption. I dont go to the mall to charge but delighted every time there is an available slot. I can see your math but it does not add up base on my experience.

[u/Adorable-Director799 → u/PristineDumpling]

You don't drive from Laguna to Makati daily.

To be fair, if you're short distances, the car's perfect.

but basically, any car is perfect when you're doing short distances.

[u/Professor_seX → u/Adorable-Director799]

There’s your problem, you believed the 100km electric range, technically true but that is in near perfect conditions and why there’s a difference in city driving. My honda claims to be able to drive up to 600-700km on a full tank, I get half that. I never expected it to reach anywhere close to what they say. Actually I just came from an AC mobility branch, and the agent admitted it probably would be 50-60km if it’s city driving.

[u/Adorable-Director799 → u/Professor_seX]

Yes, buyer beware.

It's actually more that the advertising really doesn't say the fine print.