HYBRID CARS. KNOW OF ANY?

• agnstalodz

  29 Nov 04, 06:33

  Can someone please help me list all the hybrid cars in Singapore? Because my mom has to do a project for her boss to sort of 'promote' the hybrid cars and contrary to what you might think, it is really hard to find a list of hybrid cars from the internet.
  
  So if you could, can you help me name a few cars please? It doesn't matter if you only know of one hybrid car, anything and everything will help. THANKS!!
• HENG@

  29 Nov 04, 07:04

  toyota prius and honda insight.
• p3l3r

  29 Nov 04, 09:20

  smart from mercedes
  its look girly and cute
• HENG@

  29 Nov 04, 22:27

  Originally posted by p3l3r:

  smart from mercedes
  its look girly and cute

  is the smart a hybrid car? It runs on petrol only, as far as I know.
• chunyong

  29 Nov 04, 22:54

  all the hoo-ha for hydrogen car.....well, hydrogen is clean, efficient but producing hydrogen itself uses fuel at enormous amts so just think loh, u prefer using fuel or use a derivative of fuel ?
  
  just like maybe 1kg of fuel lets u drive 1km and 1kg of H2 lets u drive 2km but it takes 2.5kg of fuel to get u dat 1kg of H2....
  
  and....price for H2 is not cheap.
• D16Z6

  29 Nov 04, 22:55

  is honda Insight consider one???
  or Civic Hybrid...
• D16Z6

  29 Nov 04, 22:56

  oh...i jus saw Honda Insight already posted by Heng@...
• free4ever

  29 Nov 04, 23:58

  I think Toyota Echo is also hybird, correct me of I am wrong...
• HENG@

  30 Nov 04, 00:05

  Originally posted by free4ever:

  I think Toyota Echo is also hybird, correct me of I am wrong...

  echo is not a hybrid. its just a small car
  officially the only 2 production hybrid cars are the toyota prius n honda insight
• p3l3r

  30 Nov 04, 01:18

  mazda is developing their RX8 for hydrogen car
  hmm..i wonder rotary and hydrogen....
  nahhh
• bunny2002sg

  30 Nov 04, 17:56

  Originally posted by HENG@:

  officially the only 2 production hybrid cars are the toyota prius n honda insight

  Those two, and the Civic Hybrid 1.3(checked from latest Autocar mag)...
  
  Never seen those cars on the road, except for the Civic...
• TwinTurbo_Supra

  30 Nov 04, 18:14

  Hummer H1 and H2...
• HENG@

  1 Dec 04, 01:22

  Originally posted by TwinTurbo_Supra:

  Hummer H1 and H2...

  hannor, they r hybrid of petrol guzzler, jet engine and rocket right?
• TwinTurbo_Supra

  1 Dec 04, 10:11

  Originally posted by HENG@:

  hannor, they r hybrid of petrol guzzler, jet engine and rocket right?

  
• Wheels on Fire

  2 Dec 04, 00:24

  Ford Escape also has hybrid version, but only for sale in where else, the States.
• Wheels on Fire

  2 Dec 04, 00:27

  Ford Escape also has hybrid version, but only for sale in where else, but the States.
  
  Oh, b4 i forgot Toyota also has Estima aka Previa & Landcruiser aka Lexus LX470 in hybrid form!!!! Won't find them here, no thanks to daylight robbery tax system courtesy of LTA.
• Kuali Baba

  2 Dec 04, 00:32

  Even if the LTA lowered taxes...will you buy them?
• Gedanken

  2 Dec 04, 01:08

  Promotion for hybrid cars? Good luck.
  
  I drove a Prius in LA and it's got to be one of the most miserable driving experiences I've ever had. The electric engine has no vibration or sound, and the damping of the chassis makes it worse - it's the driving equivalent of walking around when your foot's asleep. You need to do everything according to your instrumentation, which is not a natural way to drive.
  
  The lack of feedback from the chassis and steering wheel was so bad, I found myself wondering why the tyres were making so much noise, and then I realised that I was taking a sharp curve at 60 MPH, not km/h.
• Kuali Baba

  2 Dec 04, 01:17

  How on earth did you do that on low-resistance tyres?!
• Gedanken

  2 Dec 04, 01:25

  Damned if I know. Took the curve as I usually do - eased through the first half and then planted it just before hitting the apex of the curve. What with the smooth Californian roads and all, I didn't even slide out of my lane. I figure it must have been the front-wheel drive.
  
  Scared the beejezus out of me when I checked the speedo and realised I was actually doing 100 km/h. It'll be a cold day in hell when I buy a hybrid.
• Kuali Baba

  2 Dec 04, 01:36

  Many speedometers have both mph and km/h readings, but the Prius has digital readouts. Did you change the mode?
  
  It sounds amazing....no understeer at 100km/h!
• Gedanken

  2 Dec 04, 01:52

  I had one go at the touch screen and decided that mucking about with that crazy contraption would probably result in destruction of the car, so I left the settings as they were. Besides, it was my boss' car and all the speed limits were in MPH anyway, so it was best to leave it alone.
  
  In a FWD car, understeer's pretty easily controllable with the throttle.
  
  And I still hate the Prius!
• Kuali Baba

  2 Dec 04, 02:03

  I think it needs stiffer bushings. However, I don't know how that affects the fuel/energy consumption.
• Gedanken

  2 Dec 04, 02:19

  Nah, it's not the bushings - it's just that they forgot to build feedback into the car. Maybe they cranked up the power assist on the steering too much.
• Kuali Baba

  2 Dec 04, 02:42

  It happens too often with electrical steering assistance.