My preference would be a ICE FWD for long distance and short-range electric rear wheel drive for power boost passing, redundancy, regenerative braking, and efficient town driving.
I haven't totally given up, but... I got permission years ago to use the Elio name in a book I was writing. I'm ready to publish, but for the sake of not looking foolish I replaced all the Elio references with the term autocycle or three-wheeler.