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Old 01-16-2019, 11:46 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
I don't see ICE 'going away'. Hybrids would cannibalize pure electric sales and impede adoption, while simultaneously propping up the liquid fuel distribution infrastructure.
Liquid fuel distribution is already "propped up". Hybrids will cannibalize fossil fuels at least as much as it will cannibalize EVs. I'd say hybrids are a gateway drug, especially with respect to plug-ins.

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