You're right, my mistake. But for example, the BMW 530e G60 does have a button to charge the battery from the engine, and it is a PHEV. So it does exist.
I think the point is that PHEVs do not achieve the real world emissions promised by the manufacturers, which would call into doubt reliance on them to save the climate as well as tax reliefs. Particularly, company cars are historically subsidized too much, and they get even more subsidies if they are hybrids, only to then never charge them.
I generally agree, and I have the same mindset. So you can imagine how surprised I was when my Taiwanese friend told me how much better off Taiwan was after the Japanese occupation. Probably the only Asians with a positive opinion of Japan...
That's because it just sounds cool...
But for Valve, I assume the reason is that it's like the counterpart to Proton (protons are in the nucleus, and electrons are leptons)
I've seen you multiple times now and I have a question: The transcription of your name in Latin letters is the Japanese reading of the hanzi/kanji, isn't it? Or is the Chinese reading really so similar?
Ich hatte auch einen richtigen Banger beim täglichen Pendeln:
Vorherige S-Bahn fährt genau vor meinen Augen ab. Nächste S-Bahn fällt aus. In den Bus komme ich kaum, weil er so voll ist. Bustür geht erstmal 10 Minuten nicht. Und zum Schluss fährt die U-Bahn 20 Minuten ohne Durchsage nicht weiter.
And it turns out a lot of the time that's more efficient. Hence the Honda Civic.