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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

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They were a fantastic idea but:

  • too many people never plugged them in, so you just have a slightly heavier ICE car
  • they would have been a great transition to full EV, but full EVs are now functional enough for most people (we need to get the volume up to get the price down)

I suppose they’re still right for some people but generally it’s just Toyota looking back to do what they should have been doing ten years ago

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I disagree. I have folks who are relatively well off, but can’t get an EV due to range anxiety.

And again, a tiny engine running constantly is still massively efficient if it’s done right.

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