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is there a website where these bullshit talking points are listed? None of that is true.

Talking points are something g used by the fossil fuel industry to keep people buying hybrids instead of EVs. This is the same industry that has a lot of people convinced that climate change is a hoax.

They are called “hybrid” vehicles because they have two drivetrains. Two drive trains are inherently more expensive than one drivetrain. You shouldn’t need a website to explain why.

Major cities use hybrids in taxi fleets and see >300,000 miles. Battery warranties are eight years.

Normal battery capacity loss is not covered by warranties since it is not a manufacturing flaw. So when your hybrid battery loses half its capacity before the warranty is up, it won’t be covered. I know this first hand from being an automotive technician and dealing with warranty administrators.

also...sit down...Toyota hybrid drives use no belts of any kind. The batteries typically last 150,000 miles, but the fuel savings to replace them cover that cost every 2 years. Please don't make shit up.

2006–2010 Highlander Hybrid (V6 - 3MZ-FE/1MZ-FE engine) and some early 2000s V6 Lexus hybrid models used timing belts

You’re trying to cherry pick one example of a maintenance item I listed then cherry pick a model that it doesnt apply to to mislead readers. But if you want me to be specific I shared the list above to show others that “Toyota hybrid drives” do in fact use timing belts. Drive belts are also used to run accessories like Air Conditioning. So you’re the one making things up.

air filters, $30 every two years

spark plugs every 100,000 miles

fuel filters, 5-7 years

transmission filters/fluid 7-9 years

timing belts, nope

cooling system - every 7-9 years.

This is just getting started. Don’t forget: ignition coils, oil pan gaskets, water pumps and gaskets, exhaust manifolds and gaskets, mufflers, fuel injectors, thermostats and gaskets, emission system components, heater cores, transmission clutches, differential clutches, valve cover gaskets, rear main seals, front crank seals, and when you get done pretending that these items aren’t a big deal I have a lot more to add to the list, and this is just off the top of my head.

The savings from reduced fuel use with a hybrid is much much smaller than the increase in cost of ownership from maintaining two drivetrains.

Hybrids have the most “compromises” by a long shot.

I drive a hybrid and it does not empty the battery and then fully recharge it, in fact, in the eight months I've driven it, as far as I can tell, the battery is yet to be fully charged.

If you’re driving your hybrid for such short distances that you aren’t using the entire battery capacity then you could do the same with an EV that has 4-5 times more battery capacity. In doing so you would no longer have to pay for maintaining and fixing two drive trains.

If you are driving distances of 660km then you are using the entire hybrid battery capacity as there are none that exists with battery range that big. There are only EVs with battery range that big.

I worked as an automotive technician for a couple decades and used hybrids were consistently traded in for having lost their battery capacity even within the time that the battery still had warranty coverage because manufacturers wrote their warranties to not cover “normal degradation” of hybrid batteries. They do this because of how fast hybrid batteries degrade compared to EV batteries just due to the design limitations I mentioned in my previous comment.

That’s because ICE drivetrains have all the maintenance: oil changes, filters, fluid changes, spark plugs, exhaust system, transmission maintenance, differential maintenance, etc.

EV drivetrains don’t have any regular “maintenance costs” just the stuff you have to fix when it breaks and there are much much fewer parts in an EV to break.