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Hybrid systems can be more reliable than traditional ones. Hybrid transmissions can be much simpler than traditional transmissions because the electric motors are capable of providing a lot more low end torque than an IC engine. The engine may still be used to drive the wheels but the load on the engine is much more consistent due to the electric motors taking the grunt of the load under acceleration/deceleration.
It's not more reliable if you still have the ICE engine. They've got a million friggen moving parts for the sake of allowing for efficiency and a wide torque band. There's a reason old vehicles are looked at as more reliable - even though they still fail, they have fewer parts to maintain and replace. Modern engines are an insane jumble of "why's this there" and everything is crammed into the smallest package possible.
I notice this in mine. The electric motor does most of the speed changing work. From stop to start is obvious, but also while changing speeds once moving. The tachometer reads pretty consistent, but the electric motor adds the speed.