Via slash dot
I found this link about Toyota going to all-hybrid vehicles, or cars, by 2012.
Deal is, I’ve got some hands on experience with one of those vehicles. I remember driving a VW. For a while, in the “motorcycle years,” I had, at one point, a Ford Van with a six cylinder motor, and yes, it took some careful navigation to get it up to freeway speed. Had to hit the entrance ramps just right. So that little hybrid isn’t much of challenge as I’m used to judging distance with a vehicle that doesn’t have neck-snapping acceleration.
I’ve also been accused of driving like “a little old man” so that’s not much of question, either. Those hybrid cars aren’t going to set any records, not by my standards.
But it’s a heartening turn of events, to see a major manufacturing company make an attempt to get a little more realistic. “We have the technology.”
