Another new LRR tire to investigate is the Bridgestone Ecopia EP100... sounds very promising!
Probably also a good choice. as Bridgestone has a considerable OEM history on hybrids. In my own experience, I have had three sets of Bridgestones and generally they have been good -- except for tire life. The set that went the longest went 41,000 on a Subaru AWD, the others were both slightly less than 40K miles.
One thing that intrigued me about the Goodyear was the 65K wear gaurantee -- and the statement in the press release that the lower rolling resistance was acheived with new synthetic tread coupounds that reduced the amount of soft silicon based materials required to acheive the low LRR. Goodyear credits this new soft, but tougher compound as making the wear guarantee possible.
RFB