DETROIT -- General Motors Corp. and DaimlerChrysler AG, two of the world's biggest automakers, are teaming up to develop fuel-saving hybrid technology for a range of vehicles that will help them compete with hybrid-vehicle leaders Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co....

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Interesting(?)...

 

Very cool...
Who can make a better hyrbid, GM and DCX, or Ford and Toyota?

 

well, isn't Toyota and Honda ahead of the game already? they both have hybrid vehicles out in production.....

But good things should come out of GM and DCX.

 

Honda's "hyrbids" are the same motor asst that GM uses on there Silverados and Sierras.

 

I feel that GM and DCX will make a better system, But Toyota will have the upperhand because of their "percieved" stance on the environment etc...yadda yadda..So toyota will win out .

 

I seriously doubt it. Although I'm going to love to watch the competition here and I'm pulling for GM. Toyota simply has too much at its disposal and its kind of one of their favorite bragging rights here. They're not going to give up on it. Right now Toyota has a very powerful Synergy Drive System which they are improving on in every application.

I didn't even think GM needed help in the hybrid dept. Not only is their bus program going smoothly (or at least from what I can tell) but I thought their passenger vehicle hybrid plan was going smoothly too Maybe they just needed help developing a full-hybrid application for after 2007 when the Malibu and a few other cars get mild hybrid options.

 

Maybe so, Bbut we will only be able to tell with time. You are right on with toyota having so much resources compared to GM in this department.

But in the end Toyota wins because of their head start and the fact that they have the reputation as a "green" company.

I dont have to much time to draw out my thoughts more, I have to ge back to work in a few mintues