Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your
contribution is not tax-deductible.)
PayPal Acct: 
Feedback: 
Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):
| [ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, 3, 4, [5], 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ] |
| Subject: Re: When are those Dums in Congress going to lower gas prices!!!!!! | |
|
Author: Duncan7 |
[
Next Thread |
Previous Thread |
Next Message |
Previous Message
]
Date Posted: 11:50:20 05/14/07 Mon In reply to: Oropan 's message, "Re: When are those Dums in Congress going to lower gas prices!!!!!!" on 11:42:11 05/14/07 Mon Yep, that's about the size of it. >If we all junked out our cars and went and bought new >hybreds, how many new mines would have to open to >provide the raw materials to build those new hybreds? >Of course we couls ship all the junked cars to China >so they could melt them down into steel for building >new coal fired power plants. > > > > >>But it's the only thing that keep hybrids selling. >> >>>The Democrats in Congress are a disgrace!!!!! They >>>can't get anything done and are fiddling while Rome >>>burns with these record high gasoline prices. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>the power of a hemi, with up to 40% better fuel >>>economy >>>> >>>> >>>>href="http://news.en.autos.sympatico.msn.ca/article. >a >>s >>>p >>>>x?cp-documentid=4807256">http://news.en.autos.sympat >i >>c >>>o >>>>.msn.ca/article.aspx?cp-documentid=4807256 >>>> >>>>Two-Mode Hybrid Chrysler Aspen & Dodge Durango to >>>>Arrive in '08 >>>>Chrysler Group's First Application of Two-Mode >>Hybrid >>>>advertisement >>>>Canadian Auto Press >>>>The unusual technological alliance between >>>>DaimlerChrysler, BMW and General Motors that started >>>>in 2005 has resulted in a major groundbreaking >>>>advancement in terms of hybrid drivetrains. Each of >>>>the three firms invested approximately one billion >>>>dollars in the research and development, which was >>>>conducted in Michigan at the DaimlerChrysler, GM and >>>>BMW Hybrid Development Centre. A Two-Mode Hybrid >>>>System is the result, first shown in Chevy's Tahoe >>>>Hybrid and then in a number of DCX concept vehicles. >>>>Now it is heading for production in a Dodge and a >>>>Chrysler. The Two-Mode Hybrid System has been >>designed >>>>to be used on almost every type of vehicle made, >>>>ranging from a compact front-wheel drive car, to a >>>>midsize SUV, to a large pickup truck. With DCX, the >>>>first version of this system will be arriving on the >>>>market starting 2008. >>>>The 2008 Dodge Durango Hybrid and 2008 Chrysler >Aspen >>>>Hybrid will be the first gasoline-electric >production >>>>vehicles that Chrysler Group has made, which should >>>>help spur interest in the brand’s large SUVs. >>>>Being that the Durango and Aspen are sought after >for >>>>their high towing capabilities and ample on-road >>>>performance, Chrysler Group decided to make the >>>>5.7-litre HEMI V8 engine the centerpiece of the new >>>>drivetrain system. Besides offering the muscle >needed >>>>in a large sport utility vehicle, this HEMI also >>>>offers MDS cylinder deactivation, which seamlessly >>>>shuts off four cylinders under lighter loads. >>Combined >>>>with the hybrid assist, Chrysler Group estimates >that >>>>the Two-Mode Durango and Aspen will have 25-percent >>>>better fuel economy than their non-hybrid >>>>counterparts. The biggest gains will be observed in >>>>the city, where the engine-stop and electrical >assist >>>>are expected to reduce these large SUVs’ thirst by >up >>>>to 40-percent! >>>>What makes the Two-Mode hybrid system different than >>>>Toyota’s Hybrid Synergy Drive or Honda’s Integrated >>>>Motor Assist is its layout. It still has a gasoline >>>>motor, a starter/generator and batteries, and can >>shut >>>>off at stoplights, but the main difference is that >it >>>>has two sets of gears in its automatic transmission; >>>>one set is used for the HEMI V8 with four fixed >>ratios >>>>(i.e. a four-speed automatic), while the other is >>used >>>>for the twin electric motors. The combination of the >>>>motors and transmissions yields two different >>>>operating modes. The first is at low speeds, where >>the >>>>vehicle can be powered by either the gasoline >engine, >>>>the electric motor or both. It uses the first two >>>>speeds in the automatic transmission. The second >mode >>>>is more complex, and revolves around higher speeds >>and >>>>engine loads. In this situation, the gasoline engine >>>>always runs, but the electric motors kick in at >>>>different points with different ratios, creating the >>>>effect of a CVT transmission for better efficiency. >>>>The Two-Mode system is a rather complicated >>>>drivetrain, but it will ease the thirst and >emissions >>>>of large sport utility vehicles. We’re very curious >>to >>>>see how the system functions, and how the vehicle >>will >>>>drive, but we’ll have to wait until the Durango and >>>>Aspen Hybrids arrive in 2008. Shortly thereafter, >>>>General Motors’ version of the system will debut in >>>>the Tahoe and Yukon, as well as in its half-ton >>pickup >>>>truck lineup. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |