It does make sense if you need a car with extra-long range. Locomotives are diesel/electric hybrids not specifically because of range but because they need the

It does make sense if you need a car with extra-long range. Locomotives are diesel/electric hybrids not specifically because of range but because they need the torque that only electric motors can provide. If it was only about range, trains would just run directly on diesel engines. Until recently batteries with the energy density needed for trains didn't exist, so the diesel generator was a necessary part of the equation. That is changing however, and battery/electric trains are now being tested. https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/news-releases/newsrelease.page?relId=bnsf-and-wabtec-commence-battery-electric-locomotive-pilot-test-in-california https://www.bnsf.com/news-media/news-releases/newsrelease.pa...