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Having learned that 1 million EVs sold in China in 2018, I am now even more optimistic that EVs will outsale ICE in the next 10 years.
Hybrid are like Hydrogen, you have to pull a lot of extra stuff along, when really a lightweight, energy dense battery would be simpler and more efficient.
For trains, maybe semis (tractor-trailers), and ships, I see hydrogen (either hydrogen ICE or fuel cell) as being a more likely fit, due to the larger weight envelop they have.
The choices made by one company are not enough make me think this, it is that all of the auto manufacturers are going to release an EV here in the US by 2021-2022 (within 3 years). Even Ford, who had their own hybrid plugins, decided to pay VW for their EV platform to jumpstart their own EV vehicle production... Why would they pay millions of dollars to a a competing auto manufacturer? Probably down to the numbers. How much time to get EV sales going.
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