2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid vs. Camry Hybrid, Altima Hybrid, and Malibu Hybrid ... - Car and Driver (blog)
As this comparison convoy of four family-size hybrids slipped past a station near our headquarters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we noticed the posted price of regular had dropped to $1. 78. No worries, momma. Hybrids get more compelling, of course, when gas zooms past four bucks a gallon. Closer to home, and more likely to happen short-term, Obama campaigned on a promise to cap and trade carbon, which is guaranteed to put gas prices on the up elevator. A little background: The mainstream media has recently been foaming all over itself about “plug-in hybrids,” a new category of someday cars that has replaced the hydrogen fuel-cell cars that were to happen someday in the foamings of a few years ago. At least plug-in hybrids are technically more feasible than fuel cells. The four hybrids here are readily available and run entirely on gasoline. In fact, they are very much like normal cars except that the engines usually shut off when the cars stop moving. The Chevrolet Malibu is what engineers call a “mild hybrid. ” Added to its entirely conventional powertrain is a belt-driven motor-generator, this to capture a small share of the energy that would normally be wasted as heat in the brakes, then that energy is fed back into the drive system as needed for... Source: www.caranddriver.com
