[perl4ever]

Hybrids are the future; convince me I'm wrong.

No matter how refined the manufacture of electric cars gets, a hybrid will always reduce the battery capacity needed to a fraction of what it would be otherwise. I believe the typical difference between a plug-in hybrid and full electric is around an order of magnitude.

It is just as irrational to have a battery with a 300 mile capacity as it is to have a gas engine with 300 hp. In either case, you are allowing for the greatest possible need which happens rarely if at all. A hybrid allows you to build both the engine and the battery for the average case which is on the order of 10% of the worst case. This is a huge inherent benefit.