Comments on: Diesel-Electric Plug-in Hybrid, On the Cheap

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:51:33 +0000

Affordable Hybrids? Yes, they do exist! If you look at the base model Civic Hybrid, it's actually less expensive than the fully loaded Civic Sedan. ...and like with anything, once economies of scale are reached, price will definitely come down.

The real future is in pHEVs.

By: TheGiant

TheGiant — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 03:37:20 +0000

Show me the numbers that make this technology affordable.

By: mike

mike — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 15:49:29 +0000

these guys better take action quick, or they won’t be here in 20 years. the prius has been out for around 8 years (!) and I don’t see any competition whatsoever from the domestics guys. escape and vue don’t count – the demand is for a CAR.

By: Charles

Charles — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:43:39 +0000

unfortunately, the Silverado is not a TRUE hybrid. If it ain’t got electric motive power, it ain’t a hybrid. I’d call it a Silverado DeWalt. It’s nothing more than a GM ploy to use the word for marketing purposes.

By: very nice, Now when do we see

very nice, Now when do we see — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:56:23 +0000

Well I'm not holding my breath. This stalling of technology from auto makers just keeps on going and going. In Canada were still waiting, and will probably never see, the Smart Forfour.

The latest Hybrids are a joke. A savings of 10% only for the new Silverado Hybrid. The Toyota Hybrid is not affordable for most customers.

We all want to see this Diesel Hybrid. Emagine the low emissions if you ran it with bio-diesel?

Damien Gagne
Winnipeg, Canada

By: CDurnell

CDurnell — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:51:21 +0000

That should be ‘Lotus…who are building the Tesla EV.’

By: CDurnell

CDurnell — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:49:52 +0000

For those of you who have openly questioned the environmental relevancy of auto racing, it should be pointed out that Zytek (it is Zytek, not to be confused with Zytec, which is an electrical engineering company) has to its name a LeMans prototype currently running in both the ELMS and ALMS racing series. They are also the current engine suppliers to the A1GP series and had the engine contract for the now-defunct F3000 Formula One support series. To their efforts should be added those of Prodrive (ALMS, F1 and World Rally competitors) who are doing the fabrication of the Tango EV, and Lotus (former F1 competitors) who are building the Tango EV.