Half of the world’s cars won’t be fully electric by 2040—Renault and Geely are betting big on hybrids to fill the gap

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Half of the world’s cars won’t be fully electric by 2040—Renault and Geely are betting big on hybrids to fill the gap

fortune.com/europe/2025/05/13/half-of-the-worlds-cars-wont-be-fully-electric-by-2040-renault-and-geely-are-betting-big-on-hybrids-to-fill-the-gap

Very few automakers think Battery-Electric Vehicles (BEVs) aren’t the long-term future of the car industry. But the transition won’t happen overnight. Internal combustion technology will be needed for at least a decade more, and even longer in the developing world. Responding to this,…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-13 05:00:00.