Although they serve a purpose (liberal commuters) I'm not a big proponent of pure "electric" vehicles for several reasons, including; electric infrastructure capacity, limited range, slow charging rate and diminished winter driving performance.
The one positive and significant development in "hybrid" vehicles is their elimination of a very problematic bit of drivetrain....the atomic transmission (guaranteed to blow up) Most cars in the junkyard are there for that very reason.
You can also have AWD without additional expensive and heavy mechanical drivetrain.
The down side of hybrids is the size and expense of the batteries. They would be a pretty good vehicle with more horsepower and less battery (and computer foolishness)
Why are there no Electric NASCAR cars or F1 cars?
Well, for one thing, rules...and explosions. But I'll bet if they could do battery swap pit-stops in the same time as a re-fueling, they would be competitive. I believe that F1 cars are in fact hybrids.
Electrics can have big power. They make pretty good drag cars.
Hydrogen as a Fuel source? minor problem with crash and burn, should be easier to solve than the Hindenburg or Batteries