are they only talking about the Prius? Admittedly I didn’t read the article. For stats Toyota annually sells about 2.6m hybrids world wide while Tesla sells about 1.3m.

I mean EVs are the emerging market, but their growth has been slowing down with EVs staying on dealer lots longer than other cars. I think we’re starting to see a bit of a taper off in EV market saturation. That can change if major advancements like solid state batteries change the pricing dramatically or improve range so much that current EV owners swap and people with range anxiety take the leap. But EV tech benefits PHEV as well. Imagine an affordable PHEV that does 80-100 miles on electric alone?

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.

It is a bit click baity, but it’s not saying Teslas aren’t selling, it’s saying Musk says Hybrids are obsolete, yet Toyota is getting a rise in hybrid sales.

I don’t drive much every year since I work from home so I do it every year. I get oil and filter that is rated to last that long. When I took my car to the track though, I changed it before going and then changed it after coming back. But otherwise I see no reason. I got the car at 230K miles and now it’s almost 275k miles on the odometer and it sees redline all year round, gotta keep those valves clean.