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Battery electric vehicles lose their spark in Europe as hybrids steal the show
(www.theregister.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Maybe I can use a hydrid: short trip (to the train station/mall/small affairs in the vicinity) go in electric, longer trip use gasoline.
Not everyone has a charging station at home and in many places you cannot install it, be because forbidden by some old laws or because there is not the physical option.