In Fact It’s a Gas

“As Teslas and other electric vehicles dazzled car buyers with futuristic technology and dreams of a gasoline-free future, hybrid cars began to seem like yesterday’s news. Sales of the Toyota Prius, the standard-bearer for hybrids, fell 85 percent over a decade. Now, a slowdown in the growth of electric car sales has led General Motors, Ford Motor and Volkswagen to walk back ambitious targets for those vehicles. And sales of hybrids are robust, underscoring what may be the enduring reality check of 2023: Many Americans are hugely receptive to electrification, but they’re not ready for a fully electric car.” NYT (Gift Article): Hybrid Cars Enjoy a Renaissance as All-Electric Sales Slow. I wonder if consumers are not ready for fully electric cars or that fully electric cars (specifically, their range) are not ready for consumers. I have (and love) one electric car. I also have one plug-in hybrid that has one-pedal driving and gets 36 miles of electric only range (but no range anxiety after that). I’ve owned that car for a month and I’ve never taken it to a gas station.