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Interestingly enough, the Prius is a far better vehicle, environmentally speaking, than it's well reasonsed detractors might have us believe.
The main problem with the Prius is that it's design for efficiency is next to redundant in Europe. It needs to be closely matched to the design of roads most commonly found in Japan and America where the most common journeys consist of a period of slow sub-urban style travel followed by a period of fast, consistent highway travel followed by another period of slow sub-urban style travel. This makes the best use of both the regeneration facilities and the momentum of the weight of the batteries once the vehicle is up to speed.