ARE HYBRID CARS just a passing FAD?

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Asked by Mark Sep 08, 2016 at 12:16 PM about the 2009 Toyota Prius Liftback FWD

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It's been suggested to me that "hybrid cars" are just a passing "FAD" and will be
obsolete and thrown away like old Kleenex?   Do you agree??  Ridiculous!

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The only reason hybrid cars exist is to make up for the limited range and power of all-electric vehicles. As the technology behind electric vehicles improves, the need to use gas engines in them will diminish.

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Electric and hybrid cars are passing fads. The gas engine is the best thing we have for now, so don't look for it to die in your lifetime. However, you WILL live to see the death of the electric car. It may be revived again in the future, like this time and all the many other times we've tried electric cars in the past, but having nothing but electric cars on the road is in the distant future.

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