I believe Oregon has a pilot ongoing. Makes sense sort of. Oregon is a pretty liberal, forward thinking state overall (at least in the cities where the majority of the population is), and it would not be surprising if hybrid uptake is quicker and more pervasive there. States that rely on gasonline tax for significant revenue are looking at having that revenue cut by 30 - 60% on each driver that switches.

They are not anti-hybrid. They are anti-lost tax revenue. In five years, they may very well have to do something, if it is not this. I'd say just increase the gasoline tax further, but that is probably viewed as anti-business or something.

R2-E2, 2G Prius.
Highway/City/Husband/Wife MPG: 56.5, as of 12/2005, 26K miles

Jac Nasser, Ford President: "We are planning to launch a hybrid version of
this car [P2000] within this year [1998]. We will also make FCEV available in
2004."