"Hybrids are a big hedge against an administrative change that cools down the push from a regulatory standpoint," said Mark Wakefield, head of AlixPartners' global automotive practice.
so you buy a hybrid...and only use gas...
Toyota was a head of the curve on this.
Gotta keep those children in the Congo busy mining the poison Cobalt granules by hand.
I don’t want a hybrid either. Still has a battery that will go bad and is expensive to replace. The battery makes the car heavy requiring new tires more often. A heavy car is harder to stop and handles more poorly than the equivalent normal car. No thanks, not for me.
I have a gas/electric hybrid - the problem is it’s underpowered b/c it has two smaller engines, neither of which is very powerful. Mileage is nowhere near what was stated at the dealer.
Hybrids were always the smarter path.
The downside of Hybrids of course is that unreliable CVT.
“...driven by demand for the hybrid Maverick compact truck that starts at $25,315.”
The demand is artificial.
due to givernment mandates, manufacturers are forced to remove sedans from their fleet and standardize on SUV format, which is classified as a light truck.
Moreover, SUV platform can be converted to hybrid
Auto industry needs to look really hard at how desirable an electric or even hybrid electric car looks in the American Market.
I’m sure they’re doing just that, but people have legitimate reservations on electric powered cars, and reliability and expenses are a serious issue.
Uh, did I miss when EV sales heated up? How can it cool down?
Hybrids...
half as good on electric power...
and half as good on petro-power.
Therefore, why bother, unless you’re only going to use them on short trips all the time?
At that point, why even bother with the electric side of the vehicle? Go ICE all the time, and give Biden and the environmental lobbies the middle finger and tell them “electrify this...”.
that should have been the RATs first choice for incrementalism...but no...they wanted the whole ball of wax now.
I was hoping the car makers would do what they whispered to do after the first oil crisis back in the early 70s....flat out close down rather than meet unreachable mpg standards...
Toyota started to have most of their whole lines of autos with a hybrid model.
Think Edsels. Lots of Edsels rusting on showroom floors.