Why aren’t there more hybrid vehicles before we go to all electric cars & trucks?

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Why aren’t there more hybrid vehicles before we go to all electric cars & trucks?

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Answer 1

For a conventional gas powered vehicle, you need the engine, transmission, rear end, etc.

For an electric vehicle, you need batteries, motors, charge controllers, etc.

For a hybrid, you need all of it.

All of it, means all the complexity, price, failure points, and maintenance costs of both systems, so overall it’s less attractive than just picking one or the other.