I stumbled across this "your views" link whilst on the NZ Herald's website and here are some responses:
It'll be a cold day in hell before I drive a hybrid. No, on the contrary I want something with reclining leather seats that goes really fast and gets real low mileage. Y'know, something that makes a green party member cry themselves to sleep at night. <--- my personal fav.
Until hybrids come out in 4.0L six cylinder turbos I have very little interest in them. Petrol savings are definitely a bonus from these cars but you pay a higher initial capital investment and they are so very very ugly.
Do they actually benefit the environment? Life cycle costing would indicate that overall they are not more environmentally friendly than petrol cars, due to initial production and end disposal of the larger battery.
Sounds great but, is that a burden to recycle so many batteries?
No, but I'd like a 57 Chevy or a 68 Mustang or a 78 Camero or a 55 T-Bird. When cars were cars