That's been my gripe with the hybrid approach. It absolutely has a use case and for some people is the only option since a normal BEV won't tow or go as far as they need and I support that use case fully. but the hybrid's essentially double the complexity of the system.
Picked up my new Sabre Ranger about a month ago. Already put 2k miles on it and I love it. I've had multiple other Rangers over the years but don't miss the 04 I traded in one bit. Still got an old 2000 Mandarin Copper with a blown 3.0 in the garage I need to get fixing on. The 2000 will always...