Audi Q7 hybrid confimred for 2008, but...

Available in late 2008?

Surprising, however, even though the Audi Q7 hybrid is set to go on sale in late 2008, it might not go on sale in the States until some time later.

According to InsideLine, "Audi U.K. said the Q7 hybrid combines the "familiar" 270-horsepower 3.6-liter FSI gasoline engine with an electric motor situated in the drivetrain powered by a 288-volt nickel metal hydride battery, which adds 50 horsepower. The company said, "The Q7 hybrid reduces fuel consumption, and therefore CO2 output, by approximately 23 percent compared with the Q7 3.6 FSI as we know it today."