Hybrid SUVs Doubled Their Share in a Month, EVs Halved — Why the Flip?

New SUV registration numbers show something odd: hybrids went from about a quarter of sales in July to nearly half in August, while EVs fell from over a quarter to around one in seven, in that same short stretch. Same import rules, same tax regime — so whatever changed, it changed in buyers' heads, not on paper. The hybrid camp says this is common sense catching up: no range anxiety, no hunting for a working charger past Kandy, and resale that doesn't hinge on a battery nobody local can properly certify yet. The EV camp says it's short-term nerves — financing curbs and fuel prices pushing people toward the 'safe' option — and that anyone who actually runs the five-year fuel-plus-maintenance math still comes out ahead on an EV if they can charge at home. If you bought an SUV this year, which way did you go, and would you make the same call again? Curious whether this is a real shift in what people here actually want to drive, or just one jumpy month before the numbers swing back. ඔයා SUV එකක් ගත්තා නම් hybrid ද EV ද? ආයෙත් ගන්න කියනවා නම් ඒකම ගන්නවද?