Nope. It may be the future but not of choice. Reliable, so what. ICE engines are very reliable. The prius is a sub compact car that costs almost double the price of a non hybrid in it's class. Yea it's the future for those that want to spend more money. Regulating fossil fuels out of the market...
Other than making the cars more expensive, complicated and costlier to maintain?
You mean like the NSX? Everything the NSX does it could have done without the hybrid system. This would have made the car cheaper and appeal more to the market.