I have to say, sometimes I wish my
Ford Escape Hybrid had an option to shift through varying amounts of automatic and manual control of the hybrid components of the vehicle. On the positive however, It's probably the best hybrid system for efficient logic I've seen... mine regularly gets 40mpg in the summer, and still manages 28mpg in the dead of winter.
However, I've found the
Toyota Highlander Hybrid my mom drives much more eh... bothersome. It RARELY runs in electric only, and you pretty much have to blow on the accelerator if you want it to stay in electric even for a tiny bit of time while coming out of a stop sign/red light. It does have an "EV" button, but when EV is engaged it only stays locked in for about a minute at low speeds (25mph).
Cars/Green Automotive things I'm looking forward to:
Aptera:
http://aptera.com/
Hymotion BREMs:
http://hymotion.com/
Chevy Volt:
http://www.chevrolet.com/electriccar...ht_electriccar
Chvey Tahoe Hybrid (heaviest hybridized consumer vehicle to date):
http://www.chevrolet.com/hybrid/?eva...MO2_LEARN_MORE
And... that's my green-blooded-vulcan showing.
Any other hybrid drivers in our midst?
-q