You are correct that this vehicle is a technology demonstrator.
About the back compartment in the photo. It's pretty much all props, don't read too much into it. The only important thing is the seats. As a demonstrator, the intent was to show that they could put people in the back.
As for the hybrid drive, that is still not mature (militarized) technology yet. Despite the vehicle being around for some time now, there has not been a lot of interest in developing that type of technology. No interested buyers.
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