  Hybrid $SU(2) \times U(1)$ models are the models in which $SU(2) \times U(1)$
symmetry is broken down not only spontaneously (as in the Standard Model), but
also explicitely by adding a hard mass term for the U(1) field in the
lagrangian. We study the issue of electric charge nonconservation and
dequantization in these models. For this purpose we construct and analyze a
series of hybrid models with different scalar contents. We show that some of
these models posess an interesting property: the photon can remain massless (at
least, at the tree level) even though the electric charge is not conserved.
