According to The News Tribune, Chrysler is getting into the hybrid game.
The US auto market has taken a dive, with auto sales dropping 13 percent in July.
Increasingly, the struggling car manufacturers are looking to hybridize their vehicles as a way of competing in the new energy-efficient market
and more American companies are getting into the growing hybrid market.
Chrysler plans to enter the hybrid car market by hybridizing their current lineup of SUV's:
I think its about time that US car companies make their vehicles more efficient! And even though they are still making relatively large vehicles, at least they are trying to make them more efficient and less harmful to the environment.
Toyota and Honda do indeed have a good corner on the compact hybrid, but there is still room for improvement on light truck and SUV hybrids.
Chrysler thinks they will shine in this area, though it looks like they will have some stiff competition from the Ford 2008 Escape, which earned a respectable #5 in Kelley Blue Books top 10 Green Vehicles of 2008.
The US auto market has taken a dive, with auto sales dropping 13 percent in July.
Increasingly, the struggling car manufacturers are looking to hybridize their vehicles as a way of competing in the new energy-efficient market
and more American companies are getting into the growing hybrid market.
Chrysler plans to enter the hybrid car market by hybridizing their current lineup of SUV's:
We’ve chosen to enter the hybrid market with a more effective product, the (Dodge) Durango and (Chrysler) Aspen SUVs. If you look at the footprint of a conventionally powered Corolla vs. a conventionally powered Aspen, obviously the Aspen has a much greater carbon footprint so the advantages of savings of oil, savings of cost and global-warming issues are captured to a greater degree with the Aspen than with the Prius (link).
I think its about time that US car companies make their vehicles more efficient! And even though they are still making relatively large vehicles, at least they are trying to make them more efficient and less harmful to the environment.
Toyota and Honda do indeed have a good corner on the compact hybrid, but there is still room for improvement on light truck and SUV hybrids.
Chrysler thinks they will shine in this area, though it looks like they will have some stiff competition from the Ford 2008 Escape, which earned a respectable #5 in Kelley Blue Books top 10 Green Vehicles of 2008.
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