[Hugh R]

I'd have more interest in the Volt if I were in the market. Who has the luxury of owning a $38,000 car that you can't drive from LA to SF without recharging (and where?). I think hydrogen makes sense, but only if you have Nukes; otherwise they make no sense. I think I've only seen ONE Leaf on the Disney lot, and I'm pretty sure its a lease to one particular Corp. Executive who wants us to buy carbon offset (think Al Gore) for the hydrocarbons we use in the process of making features.

I have a Camry Hybrid, (wow, a republican with a hybrid, who would have thought!) and I consistently get 36 mpg in LA traffic. I've never taken it on a long trip, but I understand the mpg is about the same city or highway. IIRC, the hybrid is faster zero to sixty than the gas only version with the same size engine. When you floor it, both the engine and the battery kick in. Another funny thing, is that when parked, you can't rev the engine. It just won't do it.

Another interesting thing about the Camry Hybrid is that with regenerative braking, the front brake pads apparently will go something like 100,000 miles, or more. I'm at 6X,000 miles and I had new tires put on and the tech told me I still had about 50% wear left on the front pads.