Cars, etc.

[Bob Zumbrunnen]

That's where Hybrids will really take off. When they start taking advantage of the monster torque of electric motors.

My wife is wanting to trade in her Suburban soon and is leaning toward the Toyota hybrid SUV, but I've talked her into looking at sedans like the hybrid versions of the Camry, Accord, and I've got a recent car mag sitting on the kitchen counter with an article about the new Lexus hybrid luxury car. Circled the "h" in the model name and wrote "Hybrid" below it. It's a premium-priced car, and the "h" is more biased toward performance, but it still seems it'd get halfway decent economy.

But I still eagerly await any diesel/electric hybrid. The VW Jetta and Passat seem like naturals to me since their diesels already have stunning fuel economy.