Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:38:10 -0700
Reply-To: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From: neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
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A DIESEL hybrid (electric motor assist)? That makes SENSE!
Could you imagine a Smart Car size w/the current small diesel +
electric motor? Could it be done?
I believe the actual size of battery for the electric motor in the
Prius is not that large. And there's only one. At least that's what
the Toyota salesman told me...... and they NEVER lie!
;^)
Neil.
--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.
http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
On 6/23/07, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:
> I was reading all post about that subject, the answer is so simple:
>
> Diesel/Hybrid = not powerfull/can not show off/can not drag race-street
> race/don't make enough noise-trembling sound/look wimpy/not high enough/not
> big enough.
>
> Period.
>
> We owned a Sunfire 2.4L, it consume more to equal fuel than our Subaru 2.5L
> Red Westy! I have never seen a Sunfire in the US ????
>
> Ben
>
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:34:22 -0700, Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM> wrote:
>
> >I live way out here in the dirt in SoCal (1.5 hrs from the nearest 'city' of
> >any size) and I can get diesel at probably 7 different gas stations in town.
> >This place is full of those 'super-duty' pickups with the diesels in 'em-
> >and yeah, they're actually being used for work.
> >When you consider those, the fleets of heavy trucks the utility and
> >construction companies use, the trains and the semis, there's a whole lot of
> >diesel use going on already and those things aren't going to go away.
> >So yeah, something's hinky when a guy can't get a 'clean diesel' for
> >personal use here.
> >A few years ago the U.S. Supreme court knocked down the CARB ban on diesels
> >saying they didn't have the legal authority to do that, but I didn't follow
> >it after that. Anybody know what happened there?
> >
> >Cya,
> >Robert
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Loren Busch" <starwagen@GMAIL.COM>
> >To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> >Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:33 PM
> >Subject: Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
> >
> >
> >> One point I haven't seen mention is CARB. The California CARB
> >> requirements
> >> drive the auto industry, at least those that want to sell in the US. My
> >> understanding is that 'Diesel' is a dirty word in California. If true,
> >> then
> >> why would anyone try to market a diesel vshicle in the US?
>
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