I'm currently taking a course in hybrids. Tearing these cars apart is not fun. Gotta wear 1000v gloves, and go through special procedures to make sure the electronic motor isn't activated (scary cause you can't hear it).

These can be a huge problem in an accident. Right now firefighters and police forces are recieving training on how to approach a wrecked hybrid.

If a cable or the batterys short out to the frame, and you try opening the door or something to free the occupents, you may very well be killed. In fact, one of the first pages in the textbook has a full color photograph of an arm... most of the flesh was burned off, very gruesome. The person was killed after touching something he shouldn't when the system was still activated.