The gasoline has to be drilled, transported, refined, transported again -- I'm not dealing with well-to-wheel efficiency. I
am comparing electricity to
gasoline equivalency.
Listen: a serial hybrid is an EV that has a way to charge itself as it drives. Of course that has to be included! It is part of the system and it is THE REASON you would design the car -- and you certainly can drive it on the battery alone if don't go beyond the battery's range. And even if you do leave it out, the serial hybrid still beats an ICE powered car.