Mixed drive train isn't relevant. The number of components on any ICE engine with a power level in the multi-10K watt range FAR exceeds the number of component

Mixed drive train isn't relevant. The number of components on any ICE engine with a power level in the multi-10K watt range FAR exceeds the number of components on an all-electric drive train. This is the fundamental problem: What's the point of producing a hybrid car that is more expensive to produce than both a standard ICE car and an all-eletric car? It would be better for governments to subsidize the installation of chargers. This has the advantage that we could move to the all-electric cars (which are significantly cheaper to produce) and start removing gas stations (which are an environmental disaster because the tanks eventually leak).