Hmm, the Prius is ~20yrs old, I suppose you could claim it wasn't innovative, just an incremental improvement, but you could say that about adding turbo- and su

Hmm, the Prius is ~20yrs old, I suppose you could claim it wasn't innovative, just an incremental improvement, but you could say that about adding turbo- and superchargers to normal IC engines, and all of them increase efficiency. All-electric cars seem innovative to me? They offer a simpler, cleaner, lower-maintenance vehicle which is adequate for day-to-day uses.