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Canoe52

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3. I don't "get" hybrids

Reply to Bill USA (Original post)

Thu Jul 23, 2015, 06:38 PM

Jul 2015

I mean make a good and efficient gas powered car, or make a good electric car, but to put two systems together in one car doesn't seem to make much sense to me. One system is going to win out in the end (and obviously it will be the electric car).
So why pay so much for a two system car?

Does anyone else feel this way?

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Hybrid Sales down 18% from this time last year. Overall car sales up 4.5% thru May 2015 [View all] Bill USA Jul 2015 OP

People think cheap gas is here to stay. Warpy Jul 2015 #1

Actually, the OP author is misrepresenting the Dashboard article quoted kristopher Jul 2015 #9

subsidies & rebates ended at the end of last year in my state alc Jul 2015 #2

I don't "get" hybrids Canoe52 Jul 2015 #3

the key is to look at the weakness of both systems happyslug Jul 2015 #5

It might be helpful to clarify the differences between parallel and series hybrids. kristopher Jul 2015 #8

The issue was the whole concept of Hybrid not Serial or Parallel Hybrids. happyslug Jul 2015 #10

Definitely doesn't help that car companies ericson00 Jul 2015 #4

the auto manufacturers make what sells. A big factor in why a car sells is the price-tag. Bill USA Jul 2015 #6

they could lower the price if the CEOs and other executives got just a bit less ericson00 Jul 2015 #7

I attribute exhorbitant CEO pay to the financialization of our businesses. CEO's get a lot of Bill USA Jul 2015 #11