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Tuesday,
August 22, 2006
The
Best Hybrid Vehicle
So, you think the Toyota
Prius is the best hybrid vehicle, or maybe you like
the styling of the Honda
Civic hybrid?
Maybe you only like SUVs and so you believe the Ford
Escape hybrid is the best hybrid available?
Well, unfortunately, the best hybrid vehicle simply
isn't being produced.
So, what would it take to create the best hybrid? In a
word, a plug.
Don't get me wrong, I love today's hybrid vehicles - all
of them - well, as long as they are full hybrids. Still,
the best thing about hybrid technology is that the best
hybrid technology is yet to come. Hybrids are still just
an emerging technology.
Flex fuel hybrids, clean diesel hybrids, bio-diesel
hybrids, hydrogen hybrids, and fuel cell hybrids all
have great potential, but the greatest hybrid is the
plug-in hybrid vehicle.
Why?
For starters, any of the above mentioned hybrids could
also be plug-in hybrids, such as a plug-in hydrogen
hybrid. More important, however, plug-in hybrids offer
one of the best platforms for integrating fuel cells
into automobiles. Quite simply, a plug-in hybrid
"allows the best of fuel cell and battery
technologies to co-exist in one vehicle with extended
driving range, zero emissions, and domestically produced
fuel." (more)
This means we can have the most fuel efficient vehicles
available with today's technology, and add in new
technologies as developed - in the same platform -
instead of waiting decades for cheap fuel cell vehicles.
O.K., that's great, but the electric grid isn't ready
for PHEVs yet, right?
Maybe, maybe not. Most studies seem to indicate that
most drivers would plug-in at night, when electric
demand is lower and less expensive. Furthermore, imagine
what plug-in capabilities could do for the alternative
energy market.
For example, in California, solar roofs now recover
their costs in about 20 years. Imagine if you added in
the cost of the majority of your automobile fuel into
the roof as well. That could easily shave off 5 years,
maybe even 10, of the price of a solar roof.
Why not even add solar panels to the vehicles
themselves?
Ultimately, plug-in
hybrid vehicles create the convergence of
technologies that will power the next generation of
automobiles, homes, computers and energy infrastructures
- at least they could. Instead of spending trillions of
dollars protecting our oil addiction, why not fund a new
energy paradigm that could spawn massive technological
innovations that could result in new high-tech,
high-paying jobs - not to mention foreign-oil free and
clean energy.
Successful business people often share some interesting
beliefs, one of which is that you have to dream big in
order to achieve big dreams. I say countries should do
the same.
What is America waiting for? Join the campaign
for plug-in hybrid vehicles.
posted by Dahcredyns at 12:01
PM
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Significant
reductions in foreign oil dependency and pollution make
a hybrid car a great choice.
Furthermore, new
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Warming should provide a huge boost to the hybrid market
- since a full, gas-electric hybrid is currently
able to meet the first round of California's landmark
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Already the Toyota
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hybrid cars
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American corporations -
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