It would be interesting to see the numbers I guess. For one, the manufacturer is offloading that energy burden onto the owner, not themselves. IIRC A large por

It would be interesting to see the numbers I guess. For one, the manufacturer is offloading that energy burden onto the owner, not themselves. IIRC A large portion of the carbon created by a car is during the manufacture, so if you're not forging a prop shaft and machining a gearbox, is it acceptable to reduce engine efficiency by some measure? Especially given the engine won't run all the time, just when the battery drop to some margin the car feels it should start charging. Potentially (theorising here) Your EV will last longer before getting crushed into a cube, as it can compensate for battery degradation, your engine will last longer as it will have a fairly stable usage load (revs etc) and won't be used much