Wait . . . what? EV drivers are trading them on hybrids? Is that really true?

Photo above - raise your hand if you thought an $80,000 electric SUV which costs the same per mile to operate as the gasoline version was a good idea . . .

There were 3.2 million “electrified” vehicles sold in the USA last year. See the MSN link below. (Note to MSN – when you use archaic words like “electrified”, you sound like something written in 1910*. “Paw just got ‘lectrified lights for our cabin. We’ll be getting indoor water next, I expect")*. I’m okay with calling cars electrified, but let’s stop lumping battery EVs and hybrids together.

Turns out there were 2 million hybrids sold last year, and the other 1.2 million cars were battery EVs. Does that make anyone’s head explode? When I turn on the ('lectrified) TV, the only thing I see are battery EVs in the ads. Kia is the official partner of the NBA. Audi – whose EVs cost twice as much as Kia's do – is the official MLS partner. Does this imply MLS viewers earn twice as much as NBA fans? That sounds slightly racist . . .

Kia just CANCELLED their new EV9 GT 'lectrified 3 row SUV costing $80,000. (“stripped” ones start at $55,000, still more than the down payment for an average house). These Kias weigh two and half tons because they have ginormous batteries which take 8 hours to recharge at home, powering their multiple 500 hp electric motors. If you encounter a DC fast charging station while out and about, you can cut that recharge time down. But then you’ll pay about 3X what your home charger costs to top off your battery. When you use public chargers, your cost per mile ends up about the same as a gasoline SUV of the same size/weight. "Cancelled."

In October 2025, sales of the EV9 in the United States declined to 666 vehicles—less than 1/3 how many were sold the same month a year ago. There are probably great deals on EV9s already in inventory at your local Kia dealer right now.

None of this proves what MSN is claiming – that EV owners are ditching their lightning-fast lithium ion mountains for simpler, less expensive hybrids. But hybrids are now outselling battery EVs by a margin of 2 to 1. And those new hybrid drivers can’t ALL be refugees from ICE vehicles.

I’m just sayin’ . . .



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