GM Announces Plans For Next Generation Hybrids

*yawn* okay what's next

LOL ck314

Blimey. There is Honda and BMW with fuel cell vehicles and GM is ONLY JUST talking about a 2010 launch for technology Toyota and Honda had, what, 7 years ago? No wonder GM is in such peril.

Why doesn't GM use diesel/hybrid in their large trucks. Diesels are more fuel efficient, require less maintence and last twice as long since they are so overbuilt but GM does not like engineering that lasts too long as they want to sell you something new every three years. GM stated they only make money on trucks("close off a pickup truck, throw a another seat in to make a SUV and charge another $15,000.00") Porsche averages $9,000.00 off every car they make. You can buy a 500 HP chevy crate motor with low techlogy for $7,000 retail and a MB AMG crate motor for $50,000 and GM feels cars do not make a profit? GM the Largest car manufacturer should be leading not following.

GM's dual mode hybrid technology is a better system than Toyota or Honda. Toyota's system is not very strong and is expensive.

GM has made fuel cell cars available for public use in 2007 a first for any manufacturer. Diesels for cars have a difficult time passing the US's tough emissions requirements. In fact BMW and M&B were fined over 100 Million dollars since 2000 for not passing our CAFE reg's. The US and Japanese manufactures have never been fined. GM is leading.

A "clean" diesel engine costs significantly more to mass produce than a "clean" gasoline engine. When you pair an expensive Common-rail diesel engine with an expensive hybrid propulsion package, it ends up making an expensive product.