http://www.forbes.com/home/vehicles/...8vehicles.html
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Least Fuel-Efficient Hybrids
Peter Hoy 09.18.07, 12:01 AM ET
Interested in an energy-efficient auto? You're in luck. That's because nearly every major car company has a hybrid line, or has plans to introduce one soon.
But enter the showroom, and instead of seeing green, you may be seeing red. Many of the market's hybrids--cars which combine gasoline engines with battery-powered electric motors--forsake fuel-efficiency in the name of power and performance.
The average gas mileage of hybrid models available in the U.S. is 33 miles per gallon (combined city and highway). But Chevy's newest Silverado hybrid truck gets only 16 mpg. The newest Lexus LS 600h L hybrid sedan clocks in at 21 mpg, the 2007 Saturn Vue hybrid at 26 mpg. . . .
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This article has merit because it begins to address the spectrum of hybrids and what works and doesn't work. A great believer in "the right tool for the right job" and "what is the value added engineering," I think this article finally addresses in a clear and concise way, why we need to step back and look at both the good and bad hybrids. Not every hybrid criticism is from a 'brain dead' skeptic and by no means does every hybrid 'walk on gasoline.'
I think it is a serious article that expounds on topics not necessarily well addressed by either the advocates or the skeptics.
Bob Wilson