An on-road editor goes off-roading with something he probably shouldn't.
Two questions: Can you take a hybrid SUV with computercontrolled drive modes on sand and… what will happen?
Two answers. Yes, you can go on sand with a hybrid vehicle and nothing untoward will happen unless you do something 'stoopid', like run it on the soft sinking sand at the tide lines where an evil fate will befall even a regular 4×4 with diff locks, transfer cases et al.
To prove this, borrowed magazine's editor and convinced him