The Big 3's Hybrid Efforts: Hype or Reality?
The Volt was a hype machine at NAIASWith the Big 3 bleeding red, it wasn't very surprising that each of the Big 3 automakers made important hybrid debuts and/or announcements leading up to the first 100 hours of the new Democratic Congress and before the President's State of the Union Speech. Obviously, they had to show they were taking some action on fuel economy and global warming, or at least they had to create that perception.
GM was the hype machine king, launching the Chevy Volt electric hybrid at NAIAS. I believe GM is serious about the Volt, and I believe the Volt will one day be a sale's leader for GM. Still, at this point in time, I'm more concerned about GM's dual mode hybrids, such as the soon-to-be released Yukon hybrid. Where is it?
I don't just want to hear about the hybrid cars GM is going to develop, I want to see the hybrids GM has developed saving gas at gas stations in my neighborhood.
Similar to GM, both Ford and DaimlerChrysler made big announcements as well, such as Ford's plug-in hydrogen hybrids, flex-fuel hybrids and Chrysler's testing of plug-in hybrids. These were all great announcements, but announcements are not much more than PR hype. Hopefully, these PR efforts were not just hype campaigns to influence politicians.
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3's Hybrid Efforts: Hype or reality
2/25/10 I sub contract with Ford Motor Co.and have seen there hydrogen fueled cars.That doesn't mean they'll be on the street any time soon but they are working on them.When I see these new cars there working on it usually takes about two years before there on the road.
That's interesting.
Not long ago, hydrogen cars seemed a dead end. Recently, automakers have changed their tune to a more aggressive embrace of fuel cell vehicles.
Even today the Bloom box has completely reignited the fuel cell conversation.
Most automakers have claimed that a serious rollout of fuel cell vehicles as just a few years away and your observations seem to confirm that reality.
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