Giant Hybrid SUVs - Who Needs Them???
Sep 12
So Audi has announced they intend to launch a hybrid version of the monster-sized Q7 SUV. Great. How fuel efficient is it? A whopping 23 mpg. I, for one, am getting sick of these ‘hybrids’ on vehicles weighing 5000 pounds or more. Yes, they are technically hybrids, but they sure don’t follow through with the intent of hybrids - to reduce overall consumption. Going from 15 mpg in a stock model to 23 mpg in the hybrid model is good, but no where near what it ought to be. I fear these models are very effective in assuaging the ‘carbon guilt’ felt by those who buy/want these monsters, but actually do little to reduce overall carbon emissions.
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