@Karsten Von Urea for All Sales Event: It's not funny when it's based on a lie. Every car strips the earth of minerals, and lifetime Prius emissions are significantly less.

Electric motors at each corners, combined with ultracapacitors, allow for zippy performance

@Triborough: Hydrogen sucks for efficiency, therefore it will require more energy than battery-electric, therefore it'll be better for the fossil fuel industry, either gasoline or coal or both.

John Doerr?! "Meanwhile, [Dean Kamen's] best-known backer, venture capitalist John Doerr, predicted Segway would rack up $1 billion in sales faster than any company in history."

@X5SoB, Obsesse...: UPS has a fleet of trucks that uses a similar system, ...[hydraulic hybrid]

@Ted Hamilton: Who cares about the inefficiency if you use a "free" energy source like a solar photovoltaic panel

@gearhead455: High fuel prices is the only thing that drives people to buy "quirky" hybrids such as the Prius and Insight... because other than the fuel mileage, they both suck as cars.

@MikeD74:

@Dhillaz hammers stakes through heart-clicks:

@Motor_Yakuza: This car says, I'm a Prius and I love it.

@MikeD74: You fail at fractions and multiplication and common sense.

@nedfunnell:

@Hello_Newman:

@SkaHimself:

@Hello Mister Walrus: article that describes 2009 Consumer Reports findings: [money.cnn.com]

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet:

@SkaHimself: What is the point of your rhetorical musing?

@pauljones:

.@Joshman is Turkish Turn 8: What are the advantages again?

well okay, it's the first relatively cheap modern EV.