As others have already said, they can be and many are – our former Toyota Highlander Hybrid SUV would start to recharge every time we coasted down a hill rather than using the gas or used the brakes (the “regenerative braking” Fallen-Halo mentions).
Not that the battery part was worth much given you’d eat through the charge in a matter of minutes in stop&go traffic or going slowly in a parking lot….
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