Someone wants to tax hybrids, because...

From the Associated Press, regarding proposals to make up for funding deficits in the highway bill:

Proposals for the longer term could be more controversial. One is that owners of hybrids and other alternative fuel vehicles pay a vehicle fee, the argument being that drivers should bear their fair share to fill the potholes and fix the bridges, regardless of how much or what kind of fuel they use.

Good plan. Let's discourage the sort of vehicles which don't rely as heavily on the oil companies and their record profits as the other vehicles.