$2000 Hybrid Rebate ....

[Dren]

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/3869148p-4476029c.html

They should do this in Alberta.Would be a lot more interested in gettin one. Offset the greater cost.

[2BLUE]

Good idea... more should be done to push these cars out the door. :thumbsup:

[hjr]

its a retarded idea. RE-TAR-DED. horrible use of taxpayer money. read this thread if you dont know why

http://forums.beyond.ca/showthread.php?threadid=163699

[barbarian]

How about the same for driving a diesel car with good mileage?

[BerserkerCatSplat]

Using taxpayer money to convince people to buy a car that doesn't actually have any overall environmental benefit? Great fucking idea!

[gpomp]

Originally posted by barbarian
How about the same for driving a diesel car with good mileage?
it's about emissions too...

here is a chart of current emission standards: http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/detailedchart.pdf

06 jetta tdi meets BIN 10
06 civic hybrid meets BIN 2
06 toyota prius meets BIN 3

NOx emissions from a tdi are 20-30 times higher than a civic hybrid or prius.

if you look at this comparison, you'll see that the tdi has no apparent advantage over a hybrid car in terms of fuel economy, greenhouse gas emissions, annual fuel costs, and air polution. chart is from the EPA. http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/1543/epasp5.jpg

[mvprimate]

these figures do not include emissions from production which are much worse for hybrids.

I also read an article where the compared fuel economy of a prius vs a jetta tdi on the highway and the tdi won handily.

Also, one must note that hybrids lose a lot of efficiency in cold weather.