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Originally Posted by ShawnM
The article does seem a little biased, but ive always felt that hybrids are just a temporary bandaid. They make even less sense when you consider that there are gas and diesel engines in non hybrid cars that do just as good if not better than hybrids as far as mpg. Now im not bashing toyota for making them, infact they should get the praise for it because they made the technology work in a mass produced vehicle. But 5 or 10 years from now who is going to want to pay thousands of dollars to repair a hybrid component when its technologically outdated. Granted there are always new things comming out, but I do think hybrids are just a temporary stopgap. We'll have to wait and see which company catches the next wave.
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That's what I said months ago as well. Anybody who thinks hybrids are the future of the automobile is naive...you could buy cars in 1985 that got better MPG than the hybrids of today. The key to good fuel economy is building lightweight cars, but with all the safety requirements today, sound deadening, and all the added weight of a hybrid engine...you're back to where you started. Hybrids are cleaner burning, but as for fuel consumption vs. price, there are better options out there.
There's a reason that the majority of cars in Europe run on diesel and why you never see hybrids...they simply get better fuel economy for less cost. They aren't the "Hollywood fad / Save the Planet" status symbols like they are in America.
