Especially in the past few weeks, as the awareness and excitement about plug-in hybrids has continued to grow, many people from around the country and the world have been contacting CalCars. Many are not celebrities or entrepreneurs. And they’re saying they’d give almost anything to get the cleanest unlimited range vehicle on the planet. They’re comparing the EDrive Priuses with well-engineered luxury cars that cost far more but don’t have this advanced technology — and they know what they’d choose.

According to SiliconBeat, the VCs are looking at hybrids.