Electric cars will eventually kill off hybrids

All-electric cars like the Chevy Bolt will doom hybrids. Why carry around a fuel tank and air polluting internal combustion engine when that is more room for batteries?

Bought a shiny new hybrid? Maybe it's better to sell now, while they still hold their value.

That's because, according to experts at the Glass motoring guide, hybrids bought today will "be effectively obsolete" by the time they reach the end of their normal life.

"We predict hybrids are likely to be a passing phase in car technology that will be surpassed by electric vehicles in a matter of a few years," wrote Glass's Director of Valuations, Rupert Pontin.

Indeed hybrids were designed as a stop-gap to bridge the jump between combustion engine cars and fully-electric vehicles which early on had serious limitations.

Toyota's first Prius and Audi's Duo III, both launched in 1997, were the first truly mass-market hybrids.

But with Renault's recently announced Zoe electric car boasting a 250-mile range and costing just £17,000 or Volkswagen's next generation IQ coming in 2020 with a range of 373 miles, those limitations are rapidly disappearing.

Pontin's advice for hybrid owners? Maybe it's time to get rid sooner rather than later.

"Hybrids could be seen as little more than a curiosity and this will undoubtedly affect their values."

Unless electric vehicle manufacturers hit a major roadblock in bringing the prices down to mid-range levels, then “hybrids will simply be seen as a passing phase in the history of the car."

RIP hybrids, we barely knew you.