Chrysler/GM to team up on hybrids

Sounds like they're planning on jumping in with a significantly more advanced technology. That might mean they wind up trumping Toyota pretty soundly, depending on how fast Toyota can roll out their own new tech. Right now, hybrids are only a little better than a novelty because there are gasoline and diesel compacts that get significantly better mileage than the hybrids. And where have all the first-gen Priuses and Insights gone? I almost never see one anymore.

| > By 2007, it may be too late. Should have licensed Toyota technology like | > Ford to get in the game faster. | >

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| | Sounds like they're planning on jumping in with a significantly more | advanced technology. That might mean they wind up trumping Toyota pretty | soundly, depending on how fast Toyota can roll out their own new tech. | Right now, hybrids are only a little better than a novelty because | there are gasoline and diesel compacts that get significantly better | mileage than the hybrids. And where have all the first-gen Priuses and | Insights gone? I almost never see one anymore. |

You see them all over the place here...especially the Prius. You even see an occasional Civic hybrid.

On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, James C. Reeves wrote (with improper quote characters yet again...)

The Civic hybrid is a *current* model. Steve was asking about the *FIRST* generation Prius and Insight.

I missed that point. :-( I never did see many of the first generation models, even when they first came out. There is one Insight parked at the office building next door.

The Insight sold poorly. I've only seen a few. There is tremendous demand for used Prius's around here in central NC. People are paying more for used models than what they originally sold for new.

Back when I worked for General Electric Semiconductor division, we were always reminded that by the time we perfected our new breakthru technology the old technology might be improved and just as good.

James: Fix your quote character, dammit!

You've got it set to | It should be >

I don't remember setting it for anything. But will check the settings.

| | | | On Mon, 13 Dec 2004, James C. Reeves wrote: | | >

| > I missed that point. :-( I never did see many of the first generation | > models, even when they first came out. There is one Insight parked at the | > office building next door. | >

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Better? ;-)

Glad to have made your day in such a Devine way! :-)

What was the character doing to your news reader? Just curious. On the surface it *seemed* benign enough.

Can't talk. Basking in divine beatitude.

Foozling its ability to rejustify paragraphs that included (anywhere in the quote-character string) anything other than >.

Much. Thanks.

I rarely saw them when they were new.

In the rest of the world this advice would be considered dangerous, since the authorities have a right to check what's in your tank.

It might be unlikely that an 'ordinary' user who happened to do an occasional deal with farmer will be caught, but a farmer whose consumption is unexpectedly high can certainly expect sanctions.

However the US may be different 'automotively' I would be surprised if the US were any different in this respect.

(My short and rude respone to your advice is "horse manure".)

DAS

That could be used to generate methane! 8^)

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x')

Yeah, but its expensive to convert a diesel engine to run on methane (though it is done pretty often....)

:-p

Nomen is full of crap as usual. It is very much illegal to run fuel that hasn't been taxed in an on-road vehicle.

Dori, it would be easier to follow your posts if you set your reader to bottom post.

Matt