Well, those cars are beneficial on the "MPG" side, but hybrids are more about "the whole package" of lower emissions, advancing the technology, and the future of cars.

A "plain ole Echo" with a tax credit is not going to stimulate too many buyers - PLUS, it means "same old thing" in regard to a fully ICE car.

We need help to stimulate interest in the newer, cleaner, BETTER technology, not the same old same old.