Toyota to outshine rivals as more consumers opt for hybrids amid EV slowdown

When Tony Le set out with his wife to buy a new car last year, he looked at Tesla and other all-electric models.

In the end, the 37-year-old Modesto, California, tech worker opted for a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid due to worries over getting stranded with a purely electric vehicle, a dead battery and no charging station in sight.

“Sometimes I want to play with the electric vehicles just based on the speed and torque. But for practical use … it just didn’t make sense,” said Le, who often drives to Washington state from California for work.