I've only ridden in Priuses. They are popular with Parisian taxi drivers. Creeping along at 15-30kph in rush hour traffic the engines rarely came on. It might b

I've only ridden in Priuses. They are popular with Parisian taxi drivers. Creeping along at 15-30kph in rush hour traffic the engines rarely came on. It might be different for other hybrids but the Priuses of that vintage (I know the tech gets better each year) can definitely move, for short distances, on battery alone. Definitely agree that hybrids should have some sort of baseline of electric locomotion.