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📢 文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 Why the hype for hybrid cars will not last Fully electric vehicles will win the race The Economist Car 19 Sep, 2024 | 720 words | ★★ ★ ★ ☆ The car industry’s effort to decarbonise revolves around replacing petrol with batteries. A growing number of customers want both. Buyers who cannot afford a fully electric car, or worry about the availability of charging points, are turning to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (phevs), sales of which are rocketing. But the hype for hybrids may prove to be short-lived. Worldwide sales of cars running purely on batteries (bevs) were more than double those of phevs last year. But the gap has been rapidly closing. Sales of phevs were up by almost 50%, year on year, in the first seven months of 2024, compared with just 8% for bevs, according to estimates from Bernstein, a broker. Carmakers have been cooling on bevs and warming to hybrids. This month Volvo backtracked on its commitment
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