hybrid car
Britishnoun
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On Thursday, Tesla rival BYD said its sales of battery electric vehicles rose 27% to 2.25 million, while plug-in hybrid car sales fell 7% to 2.25 million.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 2, 2026
The South East has more plug-in electric and hybrid car owners than anywhere else in England, with 27,000 registered across Sussex.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025
LIBERTY, N.C.—Toyota 7203 1.37%increase; green up pointing triangle , a longtime hybrid car and truck promoter, is making one of the industry’s biggest bets on green transportation and opening a $14 billion battery plant here.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025
He acknowledged that because a hybrid car has both an electric motor and a gasoline engine, some of the hybrid crashes likely occurred with the combustion engine running.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
She was a hybrid car before hybrid cars came out.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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