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Hybrid SUV

Tom Brosz — 1/10/2002 1:42:17 PM (archived)

One of the great features of an electric car is tremendous torque at low speeds. A hybrid vehicle running electric motors on the wheels with electricity generated by an internal combustion engine, also possesses this virtue. This is why diesel locomotives are built on this principle (did you know a locomotive was a hybrid vehicle?)

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Now, it seems like this wide torque range would be ideal for a 4WD vehicle. I see hybrids really taking off when they are put into a nice, big SUV that can carry a lot of kids and still get great mileage. Unfortunately, up until now car companies seem to see hybrids and electrics as two-person roller skates.

I have heard that some companies are already looking into hybrid SUVs. Ford will come out with a hybrid version of the Escape, and a hybrid Dodge Durango is due in 2003.

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• Canada's impending energy crisis - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 6:45:07 PM
  • Re: Canada's impending energy crisis - Nick Hoffman - 1/11/2002 2:57:03 PM
    • Re: Canada's impending energy crisis - Success_Machine - 1/11/2002 7:23:37 PM
    • *whew*...thanks, still have family there :-) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 1/11/2002 4:12:19 PM
  • Ralph sez... - McFly - 1/10/2002 7:51:25 PM
    • Re: Ralph left out a small piece of information - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 8:26:42 PM
      • Might want to try capitalism... - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 9:39:08 AM
        • Re: Might want to try capitalism... - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 9:51:01 AM
      • Re: Ralph left out a small piece of information - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 9:34:51 AM
        • Re: I did an exhaustive analysis about 9 months back - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 10:11:16 AM
          • You might want to read this article - Larry J - 1/10/2002 10:51:17 AM
            • An important clarification: - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 11:16:40 AM
            • Re: We will find out within our lifetimes - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 11:15:33 AM
              • The free market always works... - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 11:42:37 AM
                • Re: The free market always works... - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 12:02:21 PM
                  • Re: The free market always works... - SDG - 1/10/2002 12:23:14 PM
                    • Hybrid SUV - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2002 1:42:17 PM
                    • The problem with hybrids, at least in the near term... - Larry J - 1/10/2002 1:38:13 PM
                      • Ford Escape out in 2003. - Marcia - 1/11/2002 2:37:56 PM
                        • I first read about hybrid cars over 20 years ago - Larry J - 1/11/2002 4:03:58 PM
                          • rant about Batteries (long) - Nick Hoffman - 1/11/2002 1:17:11 PM
                            • I'm moving this over to the Off Topic Board...(n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2002 9:10:39 AM
              • Re: We will find out within our lifetimes - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 11:21:03 AM
      • I bow before superior research :-) (n/t) - McFly - 1/10/2002 9:21:11 AM
  • Re: Canada's impending energy crisis - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 7:37:43 PM
    • Re: 1356 sq.miles of solar concentrators - Success_Machine - 1/10/2002 8:12:10 PM