no Hybrids are better. They have lower emissions and greater fuel efficiency than other vehicles in the same class, which means they're both reducing emissions per mile driven, and they are reducing dependence on gasoline. i don't know where the late paranoia about hybrids is coming from, but it's basically nonsense. emissions on the CAV, which I'd note aren't on a production vehicle that can be independently tested, are only about 50% less than what current production Honda Insights are producing, and they won't be available in North America for another two years. While the MPG on an Insight aren't nearly 106 mpg, I'd note that 64 mpg is nothing to shake a stick at. And again, that's a car you can go out and buy today. Who knows what the 2011 hybrids are going to look like compared to this vehicle when it's for sale? This thing looks like an awful lot of green marketing hype, and they're going to have to come up with something other than a 13 x 6 six seater if they expect anyone to buy any of them. That's the same size as an old school VW beetle. Which you're lucky if you can fit three people in.
this looks like an interesting concept though, and I'd like to see it work, but I'd point out that it is itself a hybrid, since it uses gasoline to power itself to highway speeds, which is the same thing as what you get with a conventional hybrid, which uses it's electric motor exclusively at lower speeds and just relies on the gasoline engine to maintain it's charge.
this looks like an interesting concept though, and I'd like to see it work, but I'd point out that it is itself a hybrid, since it uses gasoline to power itself to highway speeds, which is the same thing as what you get with a conventional hybrid, which uses it's electric motor exclusively at lower speeds and just relies on the gasoline engine to maintain it's charge.
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