No walk today, so here is another photo from yesterday. This the Toyota Prius that belongs to the New Zealand branch of WWF ( that's the wildlife group, not the wrestling mob).  Their headquarters are at the Botanic Gardens and I encountered the car during my meanderings yesterday. This car uses a hybrid petrol-electric drivetrain to enhance its performance at the same time as cutting down on the nasty emissions, which has to be a good thing.  It would be even better if it was possible to fill up the battery by plugging into the mains, but alas this is not possible.  Instead it runs only on petrol, and the battery is charged in the same way as a normal car battery.  The Prius has been available in the USA and Japan for about five years I believe, and now it is finally being made available in New Zealand.  By a "strange" coincidence, so is Honda's rather similar hybrid Civic.