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by user_7832 815 days ago
It would be theoretically possible to have a small battery ("just a 60 mile/100km range, or even smaller) combined with a generator, but I don't know if markets would appreciate that.
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This company Toyota started a pretty popular line of hybrid gas-electric cars, maybe 20 years ago, called Priuses. I think they sell pretty well. I see a lot of them running as taxis. The new ones can plug in and drive a few miles on the highway on pure electric before starting the gas engine.
Priuses do use the ICE to drive the wheels though, no?
Yes, they are parallel hybrids.
Its called a series hybrid, there have been a small number of plug-in hybrids that used that design, they weren't successful in the US and are no longer in the US market. But that may not be anything particular about the technology; I wouldn't generalize from such a small set.