Hybrid SUV Reviews

After 6 years of losses nearing $260 million dollars, Elon Musk and Tesla Motors may have finally turned the corner. Following last month’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) that raised $226 million, it now appears that Tesla has struck a deal with the mighty Toyota.

You may recall our excitement back in May, when we reported on Toyota’s plan to create a hybrid version of the current RAV4 sport utility vehicle. We estimated the price of the hybrid RAV-4 to be around $30,000 and fuel economy to come in somewhere around 32-35 mpg.

Next week marks the two year anniversary of HybridSUV.com, our first hybrid vehicle blog launched under the Hybrid Kingdom. It is hard to believe that what started with a simple announcement and a commitment to bring our readers the most up to date information on hybrid sport utility vehicles, today includes more than 50 hybrid and electric vehicle websites.

Rumors of Volkswagen’s plan to build a hybrid version of the Touareg have been floating around for more than two years now (see here and here). There was even an official press release on vw.com in March, 2007 stating -”Volkswagen has already sent clear signals here, and has been committed for some time now to developing second-generation biofuels. The Group will also offer hybrid vehicles in the future: it will launch a hybrid version of the Audi Q7 and the Volkswagen Touareg in 2008, followed by a hybrid in the compact class.”.  Plans change quickly in the automotive world.

Just two months after they began selling their first hybrids, the Chrysler Aspen and Dodge Durango, it appears the hybrid SUV party will end early for Chrysler, LLC.

From a press release issued today, “In response to the continuing global economic slowdown and auto industry contraction, as well as the market’s continuing movement toward smaller vehicles, Chrysler LLC is announcing…the pull-ahead of the closure of the Newark (Delaware) Assembly Plant.

While there are many factors to consider when buying your next vehicle, in the midst of soaring gas prices, none might be as important as “miles per gallon”, better known as MPG. And if you’re considering the purchase of a new or used sport utility vehicle, you’ve likely discovered that some SUVs get very poor gas mileage while others do as well or better than many cars. (Obviously, none currently beat the new Toyota Prius.)

Green Car Journal has named their Green Car of the Year for 2008, and the winner is the 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe Hybrid.  The announcement was made at the Los Angeles Auto Show on 11/15/07 and came as quite a surprise to many, mostly because they didn’t expect a large SUV to beat out competitors such as the hybrid Chevy Malibu, and the hybrid Nissan Altima.

Reuters recently reported that India’s Mahindra and Mihindra Limited has plans to bring a hybrid version of their award winning Scorpio sport utility vehicle to U.S. markets in 2008.  For those who aren’t familiar with M & M or the Scorpio (also known as the Goa), there is some additional information available on wikipedia.org.  Evidently, the Scorpio has been around since 2002 and is sold in several countries, including Russia, France, Spain, and Italy.

So-called experts are now predicting that the ‘Hybrid Storm’ will arrive in 2008, or at the latest in early ‘09. While no one knows exactly what it will look like, many believe that it will grab the attention of every car magazine, automotive website, and media outlet around the country. While it may not seem obvious now, there’s a good chance that the second half of 2007 will historically be viewed as the calm before the hybrid Storm. After almost 10 years in the making, it seems the wait is nearly over.

Hybridsuv.com went Live on September 16, 2007.  Our goal is simple…to be the definitive source of information on hybrid sport utility vehicles.  That’s it.

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