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Originally Posted by Wolfman
I for one, want to see hybrids univerally across the industry, and yes, this will mean performance biased versions as well as economy biased versions.
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The concern that I have expressed in the past is that this happens in balance - that cars using hybrid technology as nothing more than electronic turbochargers does not drown out making high-FE vehicles. The initial trend is not all that encouraging - lots of 6 cyl sedans and SUVs getting the technology with power as the first reason and FE as a by-product. Only the HCH, Prius and Insight there in the high-FE group where mileage is the primary reason. I'll fully agree that any means to gain more acceptance of the technology is good, so in that regard any hybrid is a good hybrid. However, if all we have are hybrid Hummers, we've most certainly lost our way.