I'm just happy to see a healthy bit of competition in the market. If there's profit in it, and clearly GM/Ford/Nissan/Toyota think there is then they'll pour money in to develop and we'll get better and better hybrids and EVs every year. They'll market it hard to shift their (I assume) high cost/low margin products and the message will spread to the masses. The masses who'd never question something unless told to by someone or organisation they hold as an authority. The people that enthusiasts find hardest to convert/convince/educate.

Whether the C-Max Energi is any good is almost secondary to the fact that another major global automaker has brought a product to the market.