I agree because:
Current gasoline/electric Hybrid technology is using a lot of expensive and heavy components to create an Energy Return System. The only advantage this system has it that it collects SOME of the braking energy and uses it to accelerate the car.
I disagree because:
-Plug-in hybrids are coming
-amorphous solar films could turn the body of the car into a big solar panel
-economies of scale; the more hybrids Toyota makes the cheaper they will be
-Hybrids don't have to be gasoline/electric. Korea is making a
pneumatic/electric
-If you just want a cheap/light ERS, add a big clock spring to your transmission.
sure the current gen of hybrids are trendy propaganda but it's a necessary stage to advance technologies (battery) and find synergistic technologies.