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This was a reply to @Ludd
As above, the point of the hybrid is that the engine is running at its most efficient and supplemented by the battery rather than having to react instantly to accelerate like an ICE car when you push the pedal.
I get 65mpg in city driving without any particular effort to drive efficiently and similar on the motorway (I could probably do better than that, particularly on the motorway, if I tried) which is better than any ICE equivalent.
The Toyotas also last for years and hundreds of thousands of miles, I assume all the mincab drivers using them has been an excellent real life stress test.
Obviously it depends on your use case but for me you couldn't buy anything electric for £10k which will last the next 10+ years and is capable of doing a 300 mile trip without stopping.