Originally Posted by AZCivic

The driver of an H2 already pays FIVE TIMES AS MUCH per mile just in fuel costs alone as a typical hybrid owner. They're paying twice as much (or more) for their tires, brake pads, rotors, basic maintainence on that 8-cyl engine versus the 4-cyl engines in most hybrids, not to mention an H2 costs more than twice as much to purchase in the first place. Absolutely everything possible costs more or WAY more on a large SUV than a hybrid. You know what? People still buy them. Cost does not discourage their purchase, so your logic that increasing the cost a little more will discourage use flies in the face of reality where we see they already gladly pay far more to drive large SUV's.