On the other hand, this conflation makes far more sense in the long term, as our electrical grid becomes more sophisticated, and as electric vehicles begin the inevitable switch from internal combustion engines to electricmotors or some other renewable source of power.
Hybrids, already being sold by Honda and Toyota by the thousands, use battery-powered electricmotors to assist traditional internal combustion engines.
Hybrids need to be equipped with larger battery packs, smaller and more fuel-efficient enginesand a "two-mode system" that uses a pair of electricmotors that propel the car at lower speeds.