dilt1
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Diesels better than hybrids, VW chief says
http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0501/06/C02-51826.htm
http://www.detnews.com/2005/autosinsider/0501/06/C02-51826.htm
Actually you can see diesel hybrids everyday here. Unfortunately, they are known as diesel locomotives and only run on rail road tracks.diesel-hybrids are better than diesels or gas-hybrids.
It rather bugs me that people seem to think hybrid and diesel are mutually exclusive technologies.
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Not to mention that these batteries couldn't recharge or capture the braking energy fast enough. There is MASSIVE amounts of heat being dissipated by the braking grid on the average locomotive - if you tried to funnel that energy into a battery it couldn't take that much charge in that short of a time span.There is no (chemical) battery on the planet that could deliver the massive amounts of current to accelerate a train that wouldn't actually weigh it down (to the point of requiring much more acceleration.) Flywheels could possibly work, but that'd add a lot of complexity (they'd need to be gimbaled, super-high rotational rate wheels) and add a danger to the nearby equipment if one fragmented.
That is why they waste the braking energy.
Philip take no offense. Although VW's certainly have their quirks, I find it funny how many people are so anxious to jump ship on VW just as soon as someone else shows up with a similar product.I want a toyota or honda diesel
they can shove they hybrids
Ditto, except I don't want or need 4motion (I'll take FWD, ESP, and good snow tires over AWD any day. AWD/4WD kills fuel efficiency too much for the traction benefit).My ultimate dream car is a Diesel-Hybrid Passat wagon with 4motion and a 6 speed manual transmission.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0111/p03s01-ussc.htmClean diesels are also around the corner. In 2006, when new government regulations lower the sulfur in diesel fuel, automakers expect to be able to meet emissions regulations across the country. (Now they don't in seven states.)
Diesel engines get hybrid mileage at half the extra cost, says Pratt. Diesels can also burn a wide variety of renewable fuels, even cooking oil. In unveiling the bank-vault-like Syn-US, Mr. Ford (Bill Ford, CEO of Ford Motor Co) said it could drive from New York to Los Angeles nine times and back before emitting as much smog-forming chemical as painting a bedroom.
If 2005 is the year of the hybrid, look for 2006 to be the year of the diesel.
If he sticks to his statement the next few years should show some sweet TDI's being offered here.Diesel vehicles represent about 10 percent of VW's U.S. sales, Pischetsrieder said. That percentage will grow, he said. "We will promote and advertise diesel engines because we think they are the wave of the future," he said.
Don't forget to add:My ultimate dream car is a Diesel-Hybrid Passat wagon with 4motion and a 6 speed manual transmission.