Folded neatly in an wide-ranging overview of the Toyota Camry Hybrid from Scripps Howard News Service is a quote from the automaker's North American president, Jim Press, about the hybrid's impact on fuel supplies.
"We estimate that all the hybrids we have sold in America have saved more than 155 million gallons of gas, enough to fill five tanker ships," said Press.
Through August,
[Source: Scripps Howard News Service]
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Leroy Brown 12:30PM (9/08/2006)
This would be a terribly difficult thing to measure, for sure. 5 tankers is a whole lot of freaking gasoline though, and it's good to see it saved and not wasted. Here's hoping hybrids & other gas-saving cars continue their popularity climb.
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Lithous 10:47AM (9/11/2006)
"The Toyota hybrid fleet expands next year with the launch of the Lexus LS600h, the first vehicle powered by a full-hybrid V8."
Unless it is in production already (in Japan) then it will be a tie won't it? (http://www.gm.com/company/gmability/adv_tech/100_news/hybridtahoe_10906.html - the Tahoe V8 hybrid will go into production next year).
With the VUE hybrid being produced in America that means GM was the first to produce a hybrid *in* America (I believe Baltimore MD is where the hybrid parts are made/put together) and now they tie Toyota for the same year of bringing out a V8 full hybrid. Very interesting. I wonder where the Lexus hybrid system will be made? The same place the Tahoe hybrid system will be made? Or for that matter, the whole vehicles themselves, where is it made? So Toyota isn't bringing the latest techology to it's 32K American employees to put together as fast as GM is, very interesting indeed. Here I thought Toyota was our savior.
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MikeW 6:46PM (9/11/2006)
The VUE is not a hybrid.
http://www.aisin-aw.co.jp/en/02products/02at/05hev/index.html
The whole toyota thing is an electric IVT infinitely variable transmission.
They have now added two ratios because the electric pathways are not that efficient (not without superconductors)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_Synergy_Drive
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Lithous 9:17PM (9/11/2006)
"The VUE is not a hybrid."
How is it different than the Civic "hybrid" in which I rode in owned by my co-worker? It has zero electric-motor-only capability according to my co-worker. Honda gave it a "hybrid" badge. And oh yeah, the gov't is giving a tax for owning one a VUE. Last I checked only hybrids get the tax credit. Maybe GM should not put a hybrid badge on the VUE and maybe Honda should go and give all the money back to buyers of their first Civic "hybrid" owners who were apparently douped according to your definition.
"They have now added two ratios because the electric pathways are not that efficient (not without superconductors)"
Wait a minute, why didn't Toyota realize they needed two more ratios in the first place? They're perfect and so are their engineers. BTW, why isn't there infinite ratios in an infinitely variable transmission? Maybe they should name it something else.
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