In America, the popularity of cars with hybrid gasoline-electric powertrains continues to grow. In addition to their inherent virtues, such as lower fuel consumption than internal combustion engine vehicles, greater range, and lower price than fully electric cars, their sales are boosted by rising fuel prices and the policies of Donald Trump's administration. The wave of interest in hybrids in the US has been most readily met by Japanese manufacturers Toyota and Honda.
June was symptomatic regarding the effects of the war in the Persian Gulf and in the US – American consumers, according to US and Japanese media, focused on buying hybrids, to the detriment of gasoline and (fully) electric vehicles. However, in the US, Japanese manufacturers, especially Toyota and Honda, offer the widest range of hybrids, followed by South Korean manufacturers Hyundai Motors and KIA Motors (the latter operating as part of the Hyundai group). Thus
