Hybrid Cars Are in Everyone’s Future

Hybrid care.com has gone overboard in their listings because they include diesel and high mileage internal combustion vehicles.  The owner of that web site needs the advertising revenue.  That makes the reliability of the data and opinions questionable. Motor Trend magazine, Popular Photography and other magazines that rely on manufacturers for survival cannot provide unbiased information.

News that UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles adds to the growing hybrid vehicle trend.  The number of auto manufacturers offering hybrid technology has grown substantially in the past few years.

I own  a 2001 Nissan Maxima.  It has a V6 internal combustion engine. On freeway and highway driving from Los Angeles to San Jose the mileage was 30 MPG.

Consumer Reports was a good resource for automobile reliability.  However, the error in not detecting Toyota acceleration problems has put the magazine’s reliabilty into question.   

                                                                  Combined
                                                                  MPG

Toyota Prius                                            50 MPG

Honda Civic Hybrid                                  42 MPG

Honda Insight                                         41 MPG

Ford Fusion Hybrid                                  39 MPG

Mercury Milan Hybrid                              39 MPG

Nissan Altima Hybrid                               34 MPG

Lexus HS 250h                                         34 MPG

Toyota Camry Hybrid                              33 MPG

Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid                          29 MPG

Lexus GS 450h                                         23 MPG

Mercedes S400 BlueHybrid                      22 MPG

Lexus LS 600h L                                      21 MPG

Hyundai Sonata Hybrid                           38 MPG

Hyundai Accent Hybrid                            n/a

Honda Fit Hybrid                                     n/a

BMW ActiveHybrid 7                               n/a

2 thoughts on “Hybrid Cars Are in Everyone’s Future

  1. Yes hybrid cars are the future of auto market, i like those cars, technology but i thinking to wait for some more time to get one, at present price tag which near $3000+ higher than a regular one and giving 5-10mpg extra millage with this figures it will take almost 7-10 years of time to get back those extra buck i have spent on it, so i would like to wait a while to get an good millage car

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