Can I borrow your car charger?... GM and Volkswagen are ditching the hybrid technology that Toyota made famous with the Prius back in the 90s. Here's a cheat sheet on conventional vs. hybrid vs. electric as they go long on plug-ins.
Hybrid upped America's MPG... but barely. According to the WSJ, the carmakers are realizing hybrid isn't cutting greenhouse gases enough for the future, especially with Europe and China's aggressive environmental plans. Ford, Volvo, and Toyota though are sticking to hybrid because some customers aren't ready to go cold turkey with regular unleaded.
Companies can only make so many bets... A car CEO has a ridiculous menu of expensive things she could invest in — autonomous driving, car sharing, pickup trucks, hybrids, and electric. Each buck spent on hybrid tech is a buck not spent on those other things. More car bosses believe hybrid's era is coming to a close soon.