Are PHEVs the best hybrid vehicles?

So, you think the Toyota Prius is the best hybrid vehicle, or maybe you like the styling of the Honda Civic hybrid?

Maybe you only like SUVs and so you believe the Ford Escape hybrid is the best hybrid available?

Well, unfortunately, the best hybrid vehicle simply isn't being produced.

So, what would it take to create the best hybrid? In a word, a plug.

"Ultimately, plug-in hybrid vehicles create the convergence of technologies that will power the next generation of automobiles, homes, computers and energy infrastructures - at least they could. Instead of spending trillions of dollars protecting our oil addiction, why not fund a new energy paradigm that could spawn massive technological innovations that could result in new high-tech, high-paying jobs - not to mention foreign-oil free and clean energy." (more)