I looked further into the CA mandate for 2035 and PHEVs are indeed included, so that's a huge dodge around having every new car being magically "nonpolluting" or whatever they claim. I didn't see where it was defined, so in theory, a car with a small battery like ours and a 110 v plug in to "charge it" would qualify, even if it only goes 100 feet on battery power. It's a plug in, or capable of being plugged in, though almost no one would bother.
Apparently most folks with real PHEVs rarely plug in now, which is a bit odd.