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Can I ask why a hybrid? I keep seeing people asking for hybrids and I don't understand why not go all-in on electric?
I live in an apartment, the closest charging post is 15 minutes away walking, the cost of public charging is high. I'd love full EV, but in my case is not viable yet.
Range anxiety is the reason in many cases. Most people are skeptical about the range and having to charge the car at regular intervals, whereas hybrids can be driven like normal cars. Hybrids also used to get the same government incentives as EVs, making them popular fleet purchases - where most people are then ignoring the plug-in EV aspect, which makes them less efficient than both EVs and even non-hybrid internal combustion engine cars.
Once these people get to experience full EVs, this fear vanishes and they rarely want to go back (I just recently read that 94% of EV owners don't want to go back to internal combustion engines, with or without an extra battery).
From the perspective of manufacturers, plug-in hybrids are an easy way to lower their fleet emission (since they only need smaller, cheaper, easier to retrofit and engineer batteries than proper EVs), because they can claim extremely unrealistic WLTP ranges, unless drivers dutifully charge them every day, which most, as mentioned, don't.
A relative of mine had several plug-in hybrids in a row and he was one of few people I know who actually drove them in EV mode most of the time, only using the petrol engine for longer journeys. He's now made the jump to a proper EV - KGM Torres EVx, an absolute bargain with dealer discounts - and couldn't be happier. For under €40k, it's a comfortable, quick, well-equipped and extremely well-made vehicle that is easily capable of completing long cross-country trips. Took me a few years to convince him to go full EV though.