Comments on: Hyundai Plans to Sell 500,000 Hybrids Annually

By: thomatt12

thomatt12 — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:55:27 +0000

Good news for the Korean automaker… Now they are steeping up their game…

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:25:25 +0000

I am disappointed with this news. I had heard not too long ago that Hyundai was going to release a hybrid version of the Accent at a price point below $20,000.
Why do they continue to push SUV's?
I own a 2001 Elantra that gets 28-32MPG. It's a great little car.
Oh well, Jakob is right. I'm going to drive that car probably for another 10 years.
The auto industry, like all of corporate America is based on greed and the highest profit instead of thinking about the benefit to the consumer and the environment.
This short-sighted strategy will be the eventual downfall of these companies and the economic system as we know it. It's already started.
This is actually a good thing - tearing down the existing structure to give way to a completely new paradigm.

By: Bryce

Bryce — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:52:47 +0000

Funny how GM is the only one going to market with an electric car. 30 to 45 mpg isn’t that much of an improvement. Howabout 150 or 200 mpg, or even no gas at all. That is real progress.

By: Jakob

Jakob — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:58:33 +0000

Listen guys.. we have been fooled by the car industry and we will continue to take that crap judging from your comments. How crazy is this we are driving in cars based on a 130 year old technology, even a T-ford gets better millage. and the first cars were electric cars.

What happened to common sense folks. Don't be fooled the technology is stored in secret warehouses until the public really really gets upset.

Stop buying cars and maintain the one you have. Believe me a well build car can easily get 15 years. The more people realize this the lower the sales of cars and the more they realize that there is a need for improvement. Let the big 3 fall on there behinds so badly that the message gets out.

J

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:55:25 +0000

ex-ev1 driver.....

You mean you don't ride a covered wagon to work everyday???

lol

By: hybridman2

hybridman2 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:03:00 +0000

That's great news! Maybe it will "shake and wake" the old guys at the Big Three.

I'd love to get hold of a good hybrid electric and combine it with an HHO gas generator. Talk about the ultimate combo! I may set that as a future R and D project once we are producing our commercial grade units being developed.

A 70-80 MPG car would be a great vehicle and good for everyone. Totally possible based on current tests on non-electric hybrids.

Way to go Hyundai- push it!

By: Need2Change

Need2Change — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:13:17 +0000

2009 will see some improvements (e.g. Honda Insight, new Prius) plus new hybrids from other companies and a handful of low volume plug-in hybrids.

But 2010 is the interesting year -- with plug-in hybrids, all electircs, and huge tax breaks to buy them.

Non-plugin hybrids may be old news.

Chrysler also made a good decision to discontinue leasing. The residual value of a 18 mpg 2009 Chrysler 300 will be awlful in 2012.

By: ex-EV1 driver

ex-EV1 driver — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:31:36 +0000

Now the pressure is really on GM. If they don't build the Volt, the rest of the market will bury them.
Someone is going to build the cars that we want. We're going to buy them.
Hype isn't going to make it.
The rest will become part of transportation history along with the others who couldn't adapt to new technology including Baldwin Locomotive Works, Stanley Steamers, and Conestoga Wagons.

By: Shines

Shines — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:06:08 +0000

Well I hope Hyundai can deliver. More is better. But I think they’re using the GM marketing book – hype it until you can sell it.
Will the mid-sized Santa Fe get 38 mpg?!? The Ford Escape Hybrid (which is smaller) gets 31. The Toyota Highlander hybrid which is closer to the Santa Fe gets 27. I know Lithium technology batteries are good, and I could see in city driving with regenerative breaking that the lithium might provide 20% more mpg than Nimh, but on the highway, the 2.4 liter engine still has to pull the vehicle including the weight of the batteries…

By: The second JH

The second JH — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:27:43 +0000

To the First JH- sorry about that, I was just using my initials.