Hybrids crispy critter at a higher rate than EVs.
And battery cost is still an issue.
Good luck with that, guys.
Perhaps in the aggregate, but ...
We own a 2015 Ford Fusion Energi. This is exactly what the WSJ ‘journalist’ thinks is a “new” idea.
The Energi is a plug-in hybrid, meaning it runs as an EV until that high-voltage battery is discharged, then the car operates as a hybrid. We plug it in every night my wife drives it. That 2015 battery still has enough mileage to get her to and from work - a little over 12 miles.
~200K miles on it. trouble-free.
So yeah, to me, this new “extended range electric vehicle” is little more than a power-train twist on the plug-in hybrid model.