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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
Can it be called a PHEV, even though it doesn't have an EV mode yet?
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Whyever not? The point is to reduce gasoline consumption, not to make some academic point about having a pure EV mode. Just as practical engineering, Honda created a more fuel-efficient and far more driveable car by NOT having that EV mode.
But to the larger question, I think "hybrid" has to mean two (or more) propulsion systems. That's why diesel-electric locomotives, for instance, aren't hybrids: because the electric part only acts as a transmission.