And, you can make much lighter and lower range electric cars without all those heavy batteries, and boost the range with diesel when needed. Very attractive in principle. Most cars are not using their full range all the time, for a lot of people a 50 mile range car would be more than enough 98% of the time, but that remaining 2% means that people end up buying 200 mile range cars instead.
But then, do you end up removing enough battery weight to offset the weight of a whole ICE?
But then, do you end up removing enough battery weight to offset the weight of a whole ICE?