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Originally Posted by rmay635703
Hybrid sales peaked at 500,000 units in 2013
It has been downhill with fragmentation and upmarket pricing since then.
Including Hybridized vehicles in the green washed “high end” markets is somewhat unfair to include in with the people mover hybrid category.
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Downhill from 2013 to 2016 and then on the climb since then. There was a similar decline from 2007 to 2011.
Hybrids are hybrids. You can call high-end vehicle "green washing" all you like but fuel is still being saved. Adding 20% better mpg to a 20 mpg car / truck saves way more fuel than to a 40 mpg car.
Mercedes is bringing their 48V hybrids to vehicle across their model range from the S class down to the C Class. They are replacing V8's with I6's and V6's with I4's. Saving fuel while maintaining HP and torque. Fiat Chrysler is doing something similar with their eTorque hybrids in the RAM and Jeep brands. Similar systems are coming to VW, Volvo, and PSA products:
https://www.autonews.com/article/201...diesel-decline
I expect 48V hybrid systems to become standard across the board in the coming decade. When automakers talk about "electrifying" their entire model range this is what they are talking about.
If we are talking affordability what is affordable?
I can't think of a single EV that applies. 100% "green washing" in that product class. The Model 3 makes up 58% of total EV sales in the USA with an average transaction price of $60K in the 3rd quarter The Model S and X add another 22% to total EV sales with even higher prices.
BTW, according to InsideEVs a total of 239,103 EVs were sold in 2018