There's the theoretical argument against hybrids that while you might think you get the best from both worlds, you also get the worst - two drivetrains you need

There's the theoretical argument against hybrids that while you might think you get the best from both worlds, you also get the worst - two drivetrains you need to buy, maintain, refuel. In practice, what seems to happen is that surprisingly few people in hybrid cars bother charging the battery. This has been studied since buying hybrid can be a tax evasion scheme in some European countries. And when people actually do have a choice between hybrid and BEV, they don't want the hybrid because driving around with explosion-based engines is simply worse. So while hybrids had some time in the spot light, it looks like maturing markets go to full BEVs. You could argue that still in the ideal world we should do X. But in the real world, developments take decades to play out. You can't expect everything to be perfect in the mean time. In the future, batteries will be much lighter and cheaper, and mining and manufacturing will be done with fossil-free energy.