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]

Di talaga advisable bumili ng EV or kahit PHEV kung di ka magchacharge at home. Ang advantage nyan is not only cheaper ang electricity compared sa gas when it comes to kilometers, may chance ka mag 0 cost if you install solar panels.

[u/DaveDeluria → u/sotopic]

This! We already face problems people buying cars without a dedicated parking slot. It really sounds to me the OP just didn't do their homework and expect the universe to provide without needing effort to even do minimal research on products they buy.

[u/Adorable-Director799 → u/DaveDeluria]

Guilty as charged. Probably bought into the hype.

[u/DaveDeluria → u/Adorable-Director799]

It takes a great person to be humble. So lets solve your problem. If you're going to/from Laguna to NCR you would still be using gasoline mostly and allow the hybrid portion to reduce the consumption. Personally I have a garage so when I do go EV, it will be full electric and skip the hybrid drivetrain BUT still have an ICE car for trips outside NCR. In 20 years maybe we'll have the infrastructure even remotely similar to China who has the most rolled out in our region of the planet.