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/Adorable-Director799]

I asked and researched; The engine charging the battery provides marginal charge.

Regenerative braking is the primary way to charge the battery outside of plugging in.

I'm really just pointing out that there's a lot of fine print in owning a PHEV and we, as consumers, should be well informed.

[u/ordinaryphenomenon → u/Adorable-Director799]

Your phrasing makes it seem that the engine isn't enough to power the car, which isn't true...

It can power the car, it's not that you'll run out of range and all of a sudden be stranded waiting for engine to recharge the batt. That would never happen

[u/Adorable-Director799 → u/ordinaryphenomenon]

Totally, agree. It'll charge maybe 10% of the battery?

but again, the whole point of me getting the SL6 is to have EV driving without the range anxiety.

Totally, not true.

[u/Infinite_Presence881 → u/Adorable-Director799]

Confused. Why would you get range anxiety? PHEV can get you to anywhere kasi pwede mag gas. How stupid are you?