For many decades, choosing a powertrain for your next car was simple. You had to pick between gasoline and diesel engines, and that was largely it. In the last couple of decades, however, as technology has advanced and emissions regulations have tightened, buyers have been flooded with acronyms that make the process confusing: MHEV, HEV, PHEV, EV/BEV, REEV, and FCEV. If you’re a car enthusiast, you probably know what those letters mean. But most people don’t live and breathe cars like you or me.
