Hybrids sound interesting. Does the battery needs to be charges at home from wall outlet or is it strictly regenerative charging?
Some hybrids have a plug-in option, but most don’t.
My daughter, son-in-law and three kids have an Prius hybrid for about 10 years. Wonderful vehicle. They still have it and have no intention of trading it in yet.
Great in town vehicle, good long distance vehicle.
The gasoline engine charges the battery. It does not plug into the electric grid.
Diesel electric hybrids have been the most efficient prime mover for very large vehicles (train engines and large mining equipment trucks) for a very long time.
Looks as if your question has been answered.
They make em either way now.
The problem is the battery’s.
Expensive to replace so...
“Hybrids sound interesting. Does the battery needs to be charges at home from wall outlet or is it strictly regenerative charging?”
The car’s engine recharges the battery in many. Others have a plug-in option
“Hybrids sound interesting. Does the battery needs to be charges at home from wall outlet or is it strictly regenerative charging?”
neither ... very few hybrids have a plugin option ...
all hybrids include an ICE engine that generates electricity for the high voltage battery to keep it charged ...
additionally, regenerative braking and regenerative coasting automatically convert the front axle drive motor into a generator, converting the braking/coasting kinetic energy in to electricity that’s stored in the high voltage battery ...
thus the ICE engine constantly and automatically turns on and off only as needed, and the axle drive motor/generator automatically constantly switches back and forth between motor-mode and generator-mode as depending upon the circumstance ...
gas mileage savings results from not running the ICE engine unnecessarily, e.g., idling, and from regenerative braking ...
hybrids tend to have same high-torque acceleration found in EVs so are a blast to drive, but have none of the drawbacks of EVs ...
Honda takes their hybrid systems one step further and automatically mechanically connects the ICE engine to the driveshaft when speeds are greater than 42 mph, instead of generating electricity, resulting in being even more efficiency ...
You can buy them either way. Actually regular hybrids are more popular than the plug in hybrids. If my memory serves me correctly, the 2025 Camry is only available as a regular hybrid option.