In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:45:08 -0500: Hi,
See http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008/02/coca-cola-order.html >Harbach Jak wrote: > >>JED; You would be absolutely correct about PICKENS & Hybrid Heavy Trucks >>if those trucks were TRUELY HYBRID. They are not though. Most of the latest >>socalled HYBRID HYPE out of Detroit is mostly 'Bull.' With a few 'tweeks' to >>the mostly samo-samo designed power-trains these 'new' so-called hybrids >>are nothing but the same old gasoline-only stuff getting a very 'few' more >>miles to the gallon. > >I believe you are referring to pickup trucks and the like, known as >"light hybrid" or "meaningless hype." These are only marginally more >efficient than ordinary trucks. However, the tractor trucks ordered >by the Coca-Cola Company are 30% more efficient and this can only be >accomplished with an actual hybrid configuration as far as I know. > >- Jed Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
