What good is a Hybrid SUV?
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. SUVs are obviously the most wasteful (features not utilized) of the common vehicles. A successful raising of their efficiency means the threshold will automatically be raised for everything else. Just think how easy it will be to sell hybrids of other vehicles when the worst performance is 27 MPG. Also think about how pathetic SUVs currently getting only 15 MPG will be regarded as. Momentum for hybrids will increase rapidly once the first few SUV hybrids become popular. The fear & misconceptions will vanish. People will deny that there was ever any resistance to the technology. It will be as if there was never any doubt that hybrids would be the next natural step in automotive history.
