[DGthe3]

The general population won't want hybrids unless it can make life cheaper for them. And right now, they don't, for the most part. The added cost of the systems doesn't pay itself off.

As far as the government helping to keep costs of ultra efficient vehicles down, they do already, sorta -incentives and rebates. But in order to get enough money do do what is proposed, they would need to increase the gas guzzler tax on the order of doubling the fees and increasing the minimum to something like 27.5 instead of 22.5. That would deter people from buying gas hogs, and the money from it would go to offset the costs of more fuel efficient cars. BUT doing that would esentially kill off any affordable V8. If they are still made, the starting price would end up in the range of 35k. Not cool at all