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Business/Economics, Technology

Corporate Evil: Ford Hybrid fuel economy a lie! Hyundai & Kia being sued! Obama regime EPA in on the scam? Diesels rule!

13 June 2014 (12:45 UTC-07 Tango)/14 Sha’ban 1435/23 Khordad 1393/16 Geng Wu 4712

Yet more proof those environmentalist do-gooders don’t know what they’re talking about: Ford admits they flubbed on the fuel economy of their hybrid cars.

Ford says it will make a “goodwill” payback to 215-thousand U.S. hybrid car owners (13-thousand Canadians) because the advertised Miles Per Gallon rate on their hybrid Fiesta, Fusion, Lincoln MKZ , C-Max, and plug-in hybrids Fusion and C-Max Energi vehicles are wrong.

The actual MPG of those cars is about 7MPG lower.  The problem is how car companies test their vehicles.  It’s turning out that their road testing does not match real world realities.

Hyundai and Kia are being sued over their MPG claims for their hybrids.

In May, Consumer Reports stated that the new Honda Accord hybrid failed to get the advertised 47MPG.  In fact, the all gas Accord gets better MPG than what its hybrid sibling actually got!

It was Consumer Reports that pointed out that gas-electric hybrids made by Honda, Hyundai, Kia and Ford all failed to obtain their advertised MPG!   They even blamed the U.S. EPA for creating false results: “We’ve found that the EPA tests often exaggerate the fuel economy of hybrids.”-Jake Fisher, Consumer Reports

The lower hybrid MPG figures mean that there are a few all gas powered cars that get just as good MPG, and there are diesel powered cars that outright beat hybrids and all gas cars in MPG!  (Go Volkswagen!)

Hybrid cars are a sham! Honda settles California lawsuit

Business/Economics, International, Technology, U.S.

Proof that Gas-Electric Hybrid cars are a sham! Honda settles California lawsuit for as much as $461 million

“It didn’t work. My mileage actually went down.”-Jack Shrader Jr, owner of 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid

I always knew those electric and gas-electric cars were a rip off.

In California thousands of owners of hybrid Honda Civics sued Honda because the cars got no better, or even worse, fuel mileage than a regular gas powered Civic!  The batteries also had to be recharged far sooner than advertised!

On March16, 2012, a San Diego Superior Court judge approved a settlement that’s estimated to range between $87.5 million and $461.3 million.

One hybrid owner said that her car was fine until Honda did a mandatory software update: “Now my car is so sluggish. It just doesn’t want to go sometimes and you never know when. I’m livid. It’s not really a reliable car. It should be, I paid a fortune for it!”-Kathy Wood, owner 2007 Honda Civic Hybrid

But wait there’s more!  This settlement is in regards to a class action lawsuit.  There are hundreds more individual cases against Honda!

Business/Economics, International, Technology

Mazda claims new Mazda 2 blows away hybrids in fuel economy

Mazda announced that their latest generation Demio (aka Mazda 2) gets much better fuel economy than hybrids.  That mean no more expensive batteries to replace.

The Demio’s engine has uniquely shaped pistons to increase combustion efficiency, and, it has a computer that will shut off the engine when it’s idling beyond a certain time limit.

The Idling Stop System will automatically start the engine when you’re ready to go.

Mazda’s Chief Executive, Takashi Yamanouchi, says how well the car sells will determine the future of car design for Mazda.  He hopes that all Mazda cars will be produced with similar technology within five years.  No word on if the new gas saving Demio (Mazda 2) will be sold in the United States.