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With hybrids available now for almost two decades, the gee-whiz factor dissipated long ago, so a new hybrid has to succeed on the same terms as any other mainstream car.

Viewed that way, the 2016 Sonata Plug-in Hybrid succeeds admirably.

The Korean auto giant introduced the redesigned mid-sized Sonata last year and, for 2016, launched its second-generation hybrid in several trim versions, with the plug-in model at the top.

Review: 2016 Hyundai Sonata plug-in hybrid makes electric wheels seem familiar - The Globe and Mail

It’s hard to imagine, but 2017 will mark the 20th anniversary of the debut of Toyota’s first gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle, the Prius, way back in 1997. Since then, hybrids, and the electrification of the automobile in general, have become almost ho-hum.

Yes, some still get excited about the idea of a “$35,000” all-electricTesla, but electrically-assisted, internal combustion engine vehicles are becoming the norm, not the exception, in showrooms. To the point where the normcore Camry Hybrid — and rivals from Ford,Honda, Hyundai, Kia and Volkswagen — can get left off a new car buyer’s list. Yet after a...

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