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Well, do you know much about physics?

What do you think happens to overall system efficiency if you need to carry an internal combustion engine, a gas tank, and gas along with you, in addition to a battery, inverter, and electric motor?

Hybrids are strictly worse than electrics in every measure except range, and most customers do not need the range they claim to need.

But salesmen are not paid commissions to explain why customers don't need things, so we have hybrids.



>Hybrids are strictly worse than electrics in every measure except range, and most customers do not need the range they claim to need.

Thats the benefit of a plug-in Hybrid. Most people don't need to drive much on a day to day basis and the smaller battery can handle that fine. For longer driving you have the ICE engine. The ICE engine can weigh as much or less than a comparatively "long range" battery.


But they don't seem to be engineered that way. When my friends drive by in hybrids the engines are invariably burning gasoline. I just don't get it.


What I mean is, if they've been making plug in hybrids for years, couldn't they easily make an all electric?




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