Hybrid actually makes sense. At cruise, a car that size only needs 15-20 horsepower, the bigger, less efficient engines we all grew up with were only big to provide torque for acceleration and hill climbs. The rest of the time they only wasted gas. Small, highly efficient engine with electric boost for acceleration and hill climbs is rational. I’d buy one if I could afford it and it met my needs. (Which are now met by a minivan, owing to age-related disability.) And the car was simple to control. I don’t want to have to have an associates’ degree in computer science to turn on the wipers.
“Small, highly efficient engine with electric boost for acceleration and hill climbs is rational. “
I’ve owned and driven countless vehicles and never have I said, “Gosh, I wish I had an electric booster.”
Electric systems are a waste of money, natural resources, contribute to pollution, and are unnecessary.
Best of both worlds, in my opinion. You never have to plug your car into a charger and you can always rely on the gas tank to get you where you are going.