I am wondering if anyone has heard why there is no diesel hybrid? It seems a natural to me (now that diesels have been cleaned up). They get better mileage and now start quickly, etc. A diesel seems an ideal solution for the Volt, where the engine’s purpose is to charge the electric batteries…

One would certainly think. corperate logic = oxymoron Any small engine to turn the generator that recharges the drive battery would do, theoretically. Why don’t they ? Will they ? Diesel, biodiesel, alcohol, Mr.Fusion. When I bought my Escape hybrid I was aghast and confounded that it is not even…

Simple - cost. If a hybrid costs about $3,000 extra, and a diesel costs about $1,500 extra, then a diesel hybrid could cost $4,500 extra. Say you take a Prius at 50 mpg and add diesel to get 75 mpg. Over 100,000 miles you use 2000 gallons with the gasser, 1333 gallons with a turbo diesel, a savin…

I have heard of a few planed, but I don’t know if they will reach North America.

I want a high mileage car that follows KISS. Is this too much to ask for? When only 1 man in 10 at the Dealership can use a multimeter (OK maybe I am exagerating but take a look at where American students place in math and science) aren’t we on the verge of overloading these people?

I don’t think that hybrid technology will help a diesel as much as it does a gasoline engine. Gasoline engines have a very high idle fuel consumption compared to a comparable diesel, as much as 3 or 4 times as much so shutting off a diesel doesn’t save near as much as shutting of a gas engine does. …

I don’t think that hybrid technology will help a diesel as much as it does a gasoline engine. That’s a very good argument. I read an article a couple months ago about the Hybrid pickups and how many people didn’t think they made much sense because they are only increasing gas mileage by 2-3mpg…Ho…

A motor in a hybrid currently available assists in moving the car and charging the battery pack. Next generation cars like the Volt use the gas/diesel motor only to charge the batteries, the electric motor(s) move the car. In this case the gas or diesel motor runs at a set speed, and it is either …

Agree; these very high mileage vehicles only make sense at very high gas prices and for high mileage drivers. Where I live the cab drivers are now switching wholesale to Prius vehicles. They put on 100,000 miles a year or so, with a lot of stop and go city driving. A diesel hybrid option would pay …

Developing a diesel hybrid would be an inefficient use of resources. In terms of fuel savings, let’s say making the Prius into a diesel hybrid lets you increase from 45 MPG to 70 MPG. That will save you roughly 79 gallons per 10,000 miles. However, increasing fuel economy from 12 MPG to 15 MPG in…

Diesel Hybrids in our future?

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Think about the amount of computers and turbos and injectors and batteries and motors and…

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