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04-10-2012, 01:29 AM | #1 |
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Is the Hybrid really the solution?
Despite persistently high gasoline prices, only 35 percent of hybrid owners who purchased a new car in 2011 stuck with the segment, a figure that drops below 25 percent when owners of the market leading Toyota Prius are factored out of the equation. Even in traditionally “green” cities like Los Angeles and Seattle, the loyalty rate remained the same. Although sales of hybrids have spiked in early 2012, the gas-electric vehicles made up only 2.4 percent of the new car market last year, down from a record high of 2.9 percent in 2008. According to the Polk study, customers interested in hybrids diligently cross-shop them against conventionally-powered vehicles, which have seen great improvements in fuel economy in recent years. A survey from TrueCar.com released last week points out that, even a more than a decade after the first hybrid cars went on sale in the United States, it can take many years to recoup the high upfront costs in fuel savings. However, automakers can take some solace in the fact that shoppers surveyed by Polk by and large stayed loyal to the brand of their hybrid, even if they switched to a different type of vehicle. Toyota, for instance, retained 60 percent of its hybrid customer base, while more than half of Honda hybrid owners purchased another Honda. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/04/09/survey-says-most-hybrid-car-owners-dont-buy-another/#ixzz1rc1IjIWJ Maybe not.... If two out of three who buy one, don't buy another.. Guess it is a case of "fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me". David The New Hemi Guy |
04-10-2012, 01:34 AM | #2 |
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Re: Is the Hybrid really the solution?
Works for me......I think the solution (other than a political comment) is to drive less and drink more. (at home)
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04-10-2012, 01:57 AM | #3 |
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Re: Is the Hybrid really the solution?
Now you are talking...
I had hoped that this post qualifed as either social, economic, or auto trend reporting.. Don't make it political.... please. You dont know how hard it is to avoid posting political comments..........But I am trying.... David The New Hemi Guy |
04-10-2012, 07:40 AM | #4 |
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Re: Is the Hybrid really the solution?
I would love to see a complete carbon footprint study on exactly how much energy is expended to scratch build a hybrid vs. a conventional car, how great the difference is and if it ever can be recovered. I doubt that the Greenies ever consider this.
And OBTW, those giant windmills and solar panels too!
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Re: Is the Hybrid really the solution?
Isnt there an issue of the cost to recharge an electric car? Seemed that even though you didnt buy gas the electric costs were worse than the gas price per miles.
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Re: Is the Hybrid really the solution?
Up here in the great white north you need to heat the interior and defrost the windsheild 6 months of the year. This takes a lot of electricity. ---Trevor
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