Another example of hybrid vehicle potential

I was reading the article New wave of hybrids offer more mean, less green this morning when I came across the Engima. The Enigma is a diesel hybrid performance vehicle that was created by University of San Diego Engineering Professor Jim Burns. While it achieves 80 mpg, the $60,000 hybrid vehicle also goes from 0 to 60 in a blazingly fast 4.3 seconds (Mr. Burns is willing to sell the vehicles for $60,000.00, if he could obtain 1000 orders).

This is another example of what hybrid cars could do, so why doesn't the mainstream autoworld get its act together? Perhaps a company like ZAP will get involved - keep your fingers crossed.

Click here for an interview in EVWorld with Mr. Burns.