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by dope9967 1357 days ago
Toyota does have the most fun to drive hybrid motors though, that is subjective of course. I really thought they would get all in into EVs, but the reasoning around limitations of battery technology does seem to make sense, maybe they will end up as winners in the long term.
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Tagbert 1356 days ago
The Chevy Volt hybrid was much more responsive and faster than the Toyota hybrids. The Toyota ones tend to fall back on the gasoline engine when pushed.

The problem was that is was more expensive for GM to build than a pure EV and they wanted to make a clear break.

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timbit42 1356 days ago
The Toyota hybrids get better fuel economy in hybrid mode though. The Volt is better than a Prius due to the electric-only range, but not better than a Prius Prime.

It's crazy they cancelled the Volt to bring out the Bolt which is short range and slow to charge.

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to11mtm 1356 days ago
> Toyota does have the most fun to drive hybrid motors though, that is subjective of course.

I can buy that; My Ford Hybrid (drivetrain AFAIR is/was cross licensed from Toyota) has been way more enjoyable to drive than I expected.

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