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Your second sentence is, I think, the whole driver for this: VW have been flogging the line that they don't need hybrids because diesel is as good or better pre
by rodgerd 11y ago
Your second sentence is, I think, the whole driver for this: VW have been flogging the line that they don't need hybrids because diesel is as good or better pretty much since the Prius got traction in the marketplace.
- hinkley 11y agoWhich is weird because you'd think a hybrid diesel would be better, because you could use the dynamo to avoid the NOX peak.
- rodgerd 11y agoToyota seem to be moving to higher efficiency versions of the four stroke cycle, which haven't previously been popular in petrol engines due to a lack of low-RPM torque, and covering this with the electric element.