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Old 03-24-2012, 09:43 AM   #44
Stew


 
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 View Post
Hybrids are yesterday's news. Everyone's moving towards one or both of two things: PHEVs or EVs, both of which are vastly superior to any traditional hybrid setup. GM probably doesn't want to throw money into developing something that's already obsolete.
I don't honestly see this. hybrids are big right now. Toyota sold more Prius Cs in 3 days that GM does in a month for the Volt. Cars like the Volt and pure EVs are very cost prohibitive right now. IMHO by not offering a true Hybrid in their midsizers and something akin to the standard Prius GM is missing a lot iof sales. If hybrids are obsolete Ford would not be making a new Fusion Hybrid, Toyota would not be mking a Camry hybrid and the Altima and Accord would not be coming out with hybrid vrsions next year. The Eassist is a lam duck system. the only reason they made ANY sense before was that they were cheaper than everyone elses conventional hybrids, that just isn't the case now. Eould I buy a Hybrid? probably not. Do i see the business sense in making a TRUE Hybrid powertrain available? ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!
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