Why aren't all our cars made this way?

I got 47.5 miles per gallon yesterday driving from Greenville to Columbia in my new Honda Civic Hybrid car. In my old car, I was getting half that.

Question: If we can make a stylish, comfortable car with good driving characteristics and performance that gets that kind of fuel efficiency, why aren't all our cars made that way?

Imagine what it would do to the oil markets if over the next five years the majority of our car production shifted to gas-electric hybrids. It would be a magnificent transition to cars that run solely on electric power (plug and drive), or on hydrogen fuel. Huge amounts of money that goes today to oil-producing nations would stay in the U.S. economy and boost our economy.

Urge your member of Congress to support federal government policies that encourage a shift toward these fuel efficient cars.