alt Hacker Newsi suspect that thinking is similar to the ideas people had that got them to buy hybrid cars because of EV range anxiety.
but hybrid cars are saddled with a maintenance heavy complex system that isn't used much.
nowadays we know the solution is just a bigger EV battery.
Studies have shown that hybrids have fewer issues than ICE or BEV, though for different reasons. BEVs have new technology issues, and ICE has maintenance issues. Having a mostly understood ICE car that rarely uses the ICE and has the most reliable (battery+motor) part of the BEV makes a better solution short term.