Guys, have u seen how big the battery pack is in the Prius V Station wagon is ? I actually looked at one and Its smaller than a carton of beer and requires bugger all to make.
In actual fact it is now the lithium type. A hybrid car uses less than half of the petrol a normal car does, every day, every drive. I am not sure it could be argued the energy required to make one battery could possibly outweigh saving thousands of litres of petrol per year and the energy/polloution to make that fossill fuel. One battery versus thousands of litres of less used petrol/juice ! 

I have really investigated this new technology and spent 20 or 30 hours on it and think it would be premature for anyone to so easily write it off without that investigation time n energy like the time I have put into it. I just say keep an open mind cause it really is smart/latest technology that works. I will make a video after I get one,lol and maybe convince u guys later.  Remember the saved 4 to 5 grand a year on petrol means 2 x new pinnys. Does that help.lol

I know what u mean about the Chevvy Volt battery only car in the USA. I have watched a documentary about it. The battery only car only works well/becomes green etc if it is recharged on electricity from wind turbine/dam/solar power generated electricity. I am guessing one day that we all might plug our cars ionto our residentialroof solar panels, but thats probably 6 to 10 years away.