[jfengel]

As the speaker in the video clearly articulates, a hybrid is a gas burning car. Full stop

A gas burning car, albeit with somewhat better mileage than a non-hybrid car.

A plugin hybrid really can leverage the power of electricity. And Toyota does make PHEVs, though it's massively outsold by the non-plugin version.

I often hear that a plugin hybrid is what people really want -- an electric car minus range anxiety. But range anxiety is largely overblown, and most people prepared to go electric just get a BEV. For people who can't do that (for example, they don't have access to charging at home), the plugin hybrid offers no advantage.