The only thing I have to add is that these are all essentially hybrid v 1.0 vehicles. I wanted to buy the Ford Escape hybrid, but I ended up buying the standard one because Ford was two years late getting to market. My guess is that engineering problems caused the delay.
I fully expect to see them improve these vehicles over the next five to ten years. Skyrocketing fuel costs are going to push people to buy more fueld-efficient cars, and that's what will drive the market, and the R & D dollars. SUV sales are already falling. Expect huge drops in sales of Hummers, Tahoes, Suburbans, and other giant gas-guzzlers on the market. Ultimately, hybrids are a transitional technology- meant to leverage the existing gasoline infrastructure while the industry figures out a way forward- probably with gas-powered fuel cells as the next step. They still use gas, but they don't burn it, so there are no emissions except water. Pretty cool, although I wonder what all that extra water going into the atmosphere will do to the climate. > I've heard local anticdotal reports that the hybrids aren't > performing > as well as originally predicted. Anyone hear/see anything about > that? > Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155689 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
