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> The pure electric car market still feels like the hybrid market, which is to say, there was the big-selling Prius, and then pretty much nothing else that sold
by ganafagol 6y ago
> The pure electric car market still feels like the hybrid market, which is to say, there was the big-selling Prius, and then pretty much nothing else that sold well.
That's not a very up-to-date view. If you go to a car dealer and look at new cars, most of them are hybrid now in some shape. Even the Corolla is now a hybrid car.
Sure, it's not about signalling green hipness anymore. For hybrids it's just economics. You fill your tank half as often, that's it. Not sexy, but wallet.
It will be similar with electric. Once you just conveniently charge at home, you don't need this periodic stop at a gas station anymore. And people will go on with their lives, eventually accepting it as the new norm, without thinking about it.