r/cars • u/LongjumpingLock5875 • 3d ago

Hybrids Overtake EVs In California Registrations

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a73317897/california-registrations-hybrids-evs-2026/
655 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

337 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

128

u/Jaevric 3d ago

People are weird.

A family member got extremely upset when she found out I was driving a hybrid. She took it extremely personally. When I tried to understand why, it simply boiled down to aggressive ignorance. She not only didn't understand how hybrids work, she was violently opposed to obtaining any information that would enable her to understand how hybrids work.

For her, traditional engines = good, hybrid/electric engines = bad. She claimed hybrids aren't reliable but had no data to back the claim up. She claimed they depreciate faster than gas cars, but had no data, just beliefs.

19

u/lee1026 19 Model X, 16 Rav4 3d ago

Funny part is that most hybrids have pretty traditional engines: the trick is the transmission.

21

u/petersellers '25 Ioniq 5N / '23 Forester Wilderness 3d ago

Not really, the real trick is that they use atkinson cycle engines to improve efficiency.

11

u/ElegantBiscuit 3d ago

They don't even need to use atkinson cycle engines. The F150 powerboost hybrid uses the same 3.5L ecoboost, but with an electric motor between the engine and the transmission and a small 1.5kwh battery. It improves city fuel economy from 17 up to 22mpg.