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Tell GM to Offer Real Hybrid Solutions Today

Target: G. Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of the General Motors Corporation
Sponsored by: Union of Concerned Scientists

Hybrid technology has the potential to provide us with cleaner, more fuel-efficient options in every vehicle class, as exemplified by the Ford Escape Hybrid, Honda Civic Hybrid, and Toyota Prius.

On March 20, General Motors (GM) vice chairman Bob Lutz admitted at the New York Auto Show that not making a vehicle like the Prius was "a mistake."

Yet GM continues to make that same mistake. Its new "two mode" hybrid SUVs, the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon Hybrids, actually feature larger gasoline engines than most conventional versions of these models. The electric motor provides an additional power boost but only a modest gain in overall fuel economy.

Please write to chairman and chief executive officer, Richard Wagoner. Let him know that General Motors can only be a true market leader if his company uses hybrid technology to its fullest potential.

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Dear Mr. Wagoner:

Your company recently launched an online initiative to solicit dialogue with consumers. With that in mind, I am writing to express my concerns regarding General Motors' use of hybrid technologies.

As gas prices continue to skyrocket, and we face the threat of dangerous global warming, I am disappointed that GM has decided to use its hybrid technology to boost vehicle power instead of boosting fuel economy. By attaching hybrid technology to larger, gas-thirsty gasoline engines on your Yukon and Tahoe Hybrid models, GM has chosen to boost muscle instead of miles.

GM vice chairman Bob Lutz recently admitted at the New York Auto Show that not making a vehicle like the Prius was "a mistake." Yet GM continues to make that same mistake with its current hybrid models by focusing today's technology on power instead of fuel economy. If GM instead focused on giving consumers efficient options in every vehicle class using both conventional and hybrid technologies, it could emerge once again as a genuine automotive leader.

We sent a letter to GM supporting hybrid technology!

# 7,000:

2:23 pm PDT, May 13, Michael Smith, Florida
How sad, 14 years wasted while Republicans blocked fuel inefficiency increases, American car manufacturers lost out to foreign competitors. We need to not focus on 0-60, but how far can i go on a gallon of gas. This how we need to measure performance. Why do you still have a job? Based on your past poor performance you should be out.

# 6,999:

2:23 pm PDT, May 13, Roger James, California
Wake-up!

# 6,998:

2:23 pm PDT, May 13, Kathy Mullins, Massachusetts
Kathy Mullins

# 6,997:

2:22 pm PDT, May 13, Dina Mondavi, California

# 6,996:

2:21 pm PDT, May 13, Heidi Keitz, Illinois

# 6,995:

2:21 pm PDT, May 13, Barry Spielvogel, New York

# 6,994:

2:20 pm PDT, May 13, April I. Decker, California
This country and the world at large are facing increasing devastation from global warming. General Motors needs to use its hybrid technology to boost fuel economy rather than waste it boosting vehicle power. I know that the bottom line is what you care about, but more and more people are looking for vehicles that save them at the gas pumps. And if you want to compete at all globally, you will need such vehicles for international sales. Here is a clear cut case where doing the right thing can also be beneficial to your bottom line. Please take a leadership position in this vital area.

# 6,993:

2:20 pm PDT, May 13, Jodi Calaway, Tennessee
I would LOVE, as would MANY of my friends and family, to have more choices in my quest to go greener. Electric, electric, electric!!!!

# 6,992:

2:19 pm PDT, May 13, Nancy Matthews, Arizona
Come on you guys...for the benefit of all...we have the technology to get off the oil addiction. You can be on the cutting edge or lagging far behind supporting the oil industry that's no good for anyone except for the handful making record profits while we pay the bill!

# 6,991:

2:19 pm PDT, May 13, Elizabeth Casian, California

# 6,990:

2:18 pm PDT, May 13, Kelly Phoenix, Colorado

# 6,989:

2:17 pm PDT, May 13, Susan Gere, California

# 6,988:

2:15 pm PDT, May 13, James Whiteford, Illinois

# 6,987:

2:14 pm PDT, May 13, Vincent Walsh, Pennsylvania
We must do everythinbg we can NOW to reduce fossil fuel emissions.

# 6,986:

2:13 pm PDT, May 13, Ramona Gomez, Colorado

# 6,985:

2:13 pm PDT, May 13, Patricia Poos, California
I do want to support American business but you don't seem to be providing what we need and want. We have one hybrid (sorry, the Japanese profitted from this one) and are in the market for either a "plug-in" with a range of 150-200 miles or if that isn't possible a "quick charge" capability that doesn't require an overnight charge. Solar panels provide our electric energy at home. A plug-in, not a golf cart, should have safety features that do not make driving one on Interstates, a game of Russian Roulette. It can be done, American ingenuity is what made this country great. The people of this nation aren't ready to "throw-in-the-towel", why is the auto industry? You build a better car, in keeping with the needs of our citizens and you won't be able to keep them in stock.

# 6,984:

2:11 pm PDT, May 13, Felicity Doyle, California

# 6,983:

2:11 pm PDT, May 13, Donna Pulliam, Virginia

# 6,982:

2:10 pm PDT, May 13, Deborah Morley, Missouri

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2:10 pm PDT, May 13, Donna Clark, California

# 6,980:

2:09 pm PDT, May 13, Jennifer Dery, Florida

# 6,979:

2:09 pm PDT, May 13, Ed Eschweiler, Wisconsin
I've been driving bonafide hybrids for seven years and they are serviceable, fun and relatively much less expensive to drive.

# 6,978:

2:09 pm PDT, May 13, Linda Ceder, Maryland
It is NOT important to have vehicles on roads, that go 2- 3 times faster than the speed limit, taking more pedestrian and drivers' lives ! What we really need, is fuel efficient and environmentally safe, vehicles ! Please look further into the minds of the geniuses that make these wonderful Hybrid vehicles, to see their great potential to sell more frequently, adding to the progress of our fight, to make a cleaner environment, for more of your customers to survive in.

# 6,977:

2:09 pm PDT, May 13, Rachel Baker, Illinois

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2:05 pm PDT, May 13, Allicia Cormier, Massachusetts

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2:05 pm PDT, May 13, Jaron Tenzin Dawa Montemayor, Missouri

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2:05 pm PDT, May 13, Margaia Forcier-Call, New Mexico

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2:04 pm PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, California

# 6,972:

2:04 pm PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania

# 6,971:

2:04 pm PDT, May 13, Timothy Liebe, New York
Maybe hybrids are overpriced NOW - but that's mainly b/c the technology's still first-generation. I'd like to see more development of hybrid technology so they become more affordable and fuel-efficient - and that can't happen w/out your help.

# 6,970:

2:03 pm PDT, May 13, Patricia Lorenzo, California
I have always purchased and driven GM cars, but unless you do better on feul economy and pollution control, or hybrids or better, I will have to go elsewhere in the future. Your choice.

# 6,969:

2:03 pm PDT, May 13, Alejandro De la Torre, Texas

# 6,968:

1:59 pm PDT, May 13, Allyn Meyer, California
With the gas prices so high, you should stop naking those SUV tanks and build more hybirds! As we see in the newspapers, you are losing money by the billions! When will you learn???

# 6,967:

1:58 pm PDT, May 13, Judith Anshin, California

# 6,966:

1:58 pm PDT, May 13, William Schroeder, Texas
Our generation must work to create sustainable products so we can work to create a better environment for our children. We must be responsible and create cleaner burning cars with vastly improved gas mileage.

# 6,965:

1:58 pm PDT, May 13, Lori Ingram, California

# 6,964:

1:57 pm PDT, May 13, Hideki Yamada, Minnesota

# 6,963:

1:56 pm PDT, May 13, Christoph Nauer, California

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1:55 pm PDT, May 13, Thomas Frazier, Colorado

# 6,961:

1:54 pm PDT, May 13, Erin DeLaney, Ohio

# 6,960:

1:51 pm PDT, May 13, Joseph Kristy, Michigan
I'll buy one, if you make it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# 6,959:

1:51 pm PDT, May 13, Rosalie Pelch, Michigan

# 6,958:

1:47 pm PDT, May 13, Carrol Vore, West Virginia

# 6,957:

1:47 pm PDT, May 13, Name not displayed, Texas
I already drive a hybrid , and everywhere I go , someone asks how many miles per gallon I get . People are interested in lowering their fuel costs . Anything other than a hybrid getting 40 mpg or better is not even an option . You are losing business by not marketing to those of us that care about the planet .

# 6,956:

1:46 pm PDT, May 13, Greg Young, Colorado
I am always looking for a reason to buy American and the big 3 are always taking those reasons away.

# 6,955:

1:45 pm PDT, May 13, David Burkhart, Oregon

# 6,954:

1:44 pm PDT, May 13, Carrie B, Maryland

# 6,953:

1:44 pm PDT, May 13, Obiora Embry, Kentucky
We should move BEYOND hybrids and petroleum (and its derivatives) for automobiles, plastics, cosmetics, cleaners, etc. We should have already been creating technologically superior cars using alternative fuels and/or no fuels (electric or solar).

# 6,952:

1:42 pm PDT, May 13, Christopher Garrahan, New Jersey

# 6,951:

1:40 pm PDT, May 13, Veronica Lima, Oregon

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