Mercedes SLS Electric Drive hooned on a track.

[lincpimp]

Hmm, i love the hybrid vehicle equation:

Burn gas in engine to create rotaional power to rotate a generator to charge a battery to power a motor to create rotational power to move the car.

Or the plug in electric vehicle equation:

Burn coal in power plant to heat water to turn turbine that also rotoates a generator to produce electricty to eventually charge a battery to power a motor to create rotational power to move the car.


Vs regular "boring" gas engine vehicle equation:

Burn gas in engine to create rotaional power to move the car.

Simple is better.

Until we have local nuclear powerplants or individual high outpout solar production a plug in electric is just a joke. They do need to develop the tech, so we do need more plug in electrics. Hybrids are a marketing scheme, for the people who think green is something other than a color. The cost and complexity of a hybrid limits it to being a lease vehicle, and the pollution they create during their cradle to the grave is greater than other options.