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Plug-In Hybrid Cars Are Running Out of Road
Policymakers look poised to shorten the bridge to a fully electric future.
A plug-in hybrid badge on a Mitsubishi Outlander sport utility vehicle.
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Everybody likes to have options to choose from, or at least they think they do. That’s part of what led some automakers to bet heavily on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs, which offer consumers a way to get a sampling of the EV experience without jumping fully in.