Daily Tech Roundup: Cashing In on Hybrid Cars’ Growing Popularity

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Conventional carmakers try to cash in on hybrids’ growing popularity

A number of China’s conventional carmakers have launched or announced new hybrid models in an attempt to capitalize on the growing popularity of the cars as range anxiety persists among customers interested in going electric. State-owned automaker Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. on Saturday unveiled the Aeolus L7 SUV, which it touted as the first model built with its novel hybrid car technology. As range anxiety — a worry of customers that a vehicle’s battery might not be able to take them as far as they want to go — remains an obstacle to EV adoption, hybrid sales have logged rapid growth in China.