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I'll stand by my statement. Of course there were "hybridized" versions of cars from other automakers, and the even more-rare dedicated platform like the Insight, but they were all footnotes compared to the Prius.
Tesla's business acumen is problematic, but they changed the discussion. As long as it was mostly just the Prius, the other automakers stuffed a motor and some batteries into a random sedan or SUV and called it close enough. Tesla hit and showed there was real money on the table, and "suddenly" (by automotive standards) we have a number of different options to choose from.
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