A bit of a sidenote but I completely disagree with your dismissal of purely electric cars. I drive a 2016 Kia Soul EV and the car is just plain awesome. It dri

A bit of a sidenote but I completely disagree with your dismissal of purely electric cars. I drive a 2016 Kia Soul EV and the car is just plain awesome. It drives way better than any ICE car I've driven and is just a complete joy to drive daily. The only point I agree with is that the range is still a bit lacking at the moment (I get about 100 miles of highway traffic out of it, 120 miles in city traffic.) Then again, where I live (The Netherlands) the density of the public charging network is already pretty good, so I can usually charge it with a public charger whenever I park somewhere. And there's a network of fast-chargers along our highways [0]. I've also test-driven a VW E-Golf and BMW i3 and both are solid cars (though imho the Soul is a better car for a better price.) My hope for subsidies like this (even if they also apply to plug-in hybrids) is that they help make the public charging network in Germany and surrounding countries (like mine) better. [0]: https://fastned.nl/en https://fastned.nl/en