Between hybrid and EV: car makers’ new weapon to tackle range anxiety
London/Frankfurt/New York | Western car makers are betting on a niche technology that allows electric vehicles to travel further with a small engine as they try to fight back against Chinese rivals without destroying European supply chains.Range-extended EVs sit between plug-in hybrids and fully electric cars. They have a small engine that acts only as a generator to top up the battery, as with hybrids. This means they are better at cutting emissions than hybrids, proponents say.Loading...Financial Times
