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I wonder if it's hybrid electric is super old tech and manufacturers can't have a monopoly on it or something?

Hybrids have been powering heavy industry and locomotives for the past 100 years or so, it seems like a perfect first step towards mass electrification of vehicles. Plus I imagine it'd be possible to swap the engine for more batteries as that tech improves.

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Edison Motors up in Canada is interesting, in the truck space.

Diesel EREV semis, and heavy-duty pickup modifications. Sounds like they're running into overregulation issues though.

This is how China gets ahead, because the West is dumb and thinks regulation helps. They've already dominated drones (since it's effectively illegal if not actually illegal in the States to make them), seems the same will happen with EVs.

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