In the realm of automotive innovation, few figures loom as large as Elon Musk. Known for his audacious vision and unfiltered opinions, Musk has vocally declared hybrid cars a "dead end" technology, urging the world to pivot swiftly towards fully electric vehicles. However, the plot thickens as we explore how Toyota, a global hybrid juggernaut,
Hybrids allow for carbon cutting now without infrastructure change. And it doesn’t matter what your living situation is.
At the end of the day it must be nice to own a home that you can plug your car in every night like plugging in your phone before going to bed. Good for you, you’re lucky. Us who have to park on the street don’t have that option
exactly, especially with how expensive it is to own a home. When Solid State Batteries become more mainstream I imagine plug-in hybrids might actually become way more common. With SS batteries manufacturers should be able to reduce the size of a PHEV pack to be the size of what’s found in a normal hybrid. It’s almost a similar jump as we went from predominantly nickel chemistry to lithium.
Hybrids allow for carbon cutting now without infrastructure change. And it doesn’t matter what your living situation is.
At the end of the day it must be nice to own a home that you can plug your car in every night like plugging in your phone before going to bed. Good for you, you’re lucky. Us who have to park on the street don’t have that option
exactly, especially with how expensive it is to own a home. When Solid State Batteries become more mainstream I imagine plug-in hybrids might actually become way more common. With SS batteries manufacturers should be able to reduce the size of a PHEV pack to be the size of what’s found in a normal hybrid. It’s almost a similar jump as we went from predominantly nickel chemistry to lithium.
IIRC, Toyota has said their solid state battery will be going into a hybrid first. Not sure if regular or plug in though