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Originally Posted by dcb
I don't know why there isn't a diesel hybrid. Just a big enough diesel to keep you moving on the hiway and recharge a bit (and give you some decent biofuel options), and an electric motor to help with the acceleration up to speed and around town.
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For real DCB. I can only speculate that
A) the combined price of both technologies is just way too high and
B) the start/stop function of the hybrid powertrain using a diesel is simply very hard to make transparent. Who the heck cares if the thing shudders once in a while when you are getting 70 mpg...
plus add emissions reqs... and it gets very complicated.