Whats the Point of a Hybrid SUV?
Isn’t the reason for hybrid vehicles efficiency? Plus Accord hybrid tidbits A couple of weeks ago, LA Times writer Dan Neil wrote an article about the Honda Accord hybrid. In that article, one of the points Neil covered was the extra cost of hybrid technology in the Accord hybrid versus a standard Accord, roughly around $3400. “Assuming $2.25 per gallon and 100 miles of daily commuting, it would take,” Neil wrote, “about 6 1/2 years to recoup the difference.” This, according to Neil, resulted in many e-mailed questions regarding whether he considered having to replace the hybrid battery, or whether he considered the Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004. He had not. Nonetheless, there is no doubt that the Accord hybrid is significantly more efficient than a standard Accord. Additionally, the Accord hybrid is actually a second faster than the standard V6 Accord to 60 mph.
