The hypercar hybrids use the electric drive to supplement instant torque to increase performance. Neither of them are particularly efficient. Their all electric range, while similar, is a bit lower than that of the i8. The P1 makes something like 904 horsepower, and the Porsche in the 700's somewhere.
In contrast, the i8 uses both the electric motor and the gas motor in unison for performance and efficiency.
It's a completely different concept than those cars. They are incredible machines but the execution of hybrid technology is for a different purpose in these cars than in the i8.
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