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I don't think making such a low-volume car into a hybrid or even an EV makes sense anytime soon.
It would certainly require a lot of R&D, but also might make the car too expensive, and at the same time not as desirable by gearheads they clearly try to cater to with the 2nd gen (based on their marketing pitches, at least).
I think they can achieve great "total emissions across all models" numbers while keeping BRZ/GR 86 plain-ICE.
In fact I wish this exact strategy was a viable options for car manufactures to keep ICEs alive in low-volume "enthusiast" cars, but many governments have already decided to just outright ban ICEs. They also keep lying to everybody (including themselves) that EV cars are zero emissions.
An ICE car with low yearly mileage can certainly generate less emissions than an EV of an Uber driver, especially if you factor in the environmental impact of production and end-of-life recycling.
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