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Brain-dead article in NYT...
"Some hybrids save hardly any fuel, energy efficiency advocates say. "The new ones are all being used for power," said Kateri Callahan, the president of the Alliance to Save Energy, a nonprofit advocacy group based here.
"Hybrids should be encouraged, Ms. Callahan said, because their electric components some day could be useful in an all-electric car, perhaps running on a fuel cell. But she added that the government should be careful about which hybrids it subsidizes through tax benefits. Now, she said, the car companies are "building to the high-end market. They think people want performance."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/autom ... ybrid.html
Duh, if you didn't have a hybrid system in the Prius, you'd have a four passenger gasoline powered car with 70 HP. How many people would buy THAT?
"Some hybrids save hardly any fuel, energy efficiency advocates say. "The new ones are all being used for power," said Kateri Callahan, the president of the Alliance to Save Energy, a nonprofit advocacy group based here.
"Hybrids should be encouraged, Ms. Callahan said, because their electric components some day could be useful in an all-electric car, perhaps running on a fuel cell. But she added that the government should be careful about which hybrids it subsidizes through tax benefits. Now, she said, the car companies are "building to the high-end market. They think people want performance."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/17/autom ... ybrid.html
Duh, if you didn't have a hybrid system in the Prius, you'd have a four passenger gasoline powered car with 70 HP. How many people would buy THAT?