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>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.




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