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Tell GM to Offer Real Hybrid Solutions Today
Target: G. Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of the General Motors CorporationSponsored 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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We sent a letter to GM supporting hybrid technology!
# 7,050:
3:15 pm PDT, May 13,
Jennifer Buri da Cunha, New York
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3:14 pm PDT, May 13,
Robert Mcginnis, Texas
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3:12 pm PDT, May 13,
Michael Marquardt, Colorado
You are proving to be idiots to the end; all that red ink and lots filled with SUV's and trucks you can't sell must be great!
You are proving to be idiots to the end; all that red ink and lots filled with SUV's and trucks you can't sell must be great!
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3:11 pm PDT, May 13,
Elizabeth Greenawald, Ohio
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3:11 pm PDT, May 13,
Matt Nielsen, New Mexico
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3:08 pm PDT, May 13,
Dale Cannon, Oregon
I strongly urge you to begin shift to new technology now and to give us the full range of options.
I strongly urge you to begin shift to new technology now and to give us the full range of options.
# 7,044:
3:07 pm PDT, May 13,
Eric Goldie, California
In the face of Toyota's hot selling Prius, in the face of Honda's popular hybrid modes, and in the face of $4.00 gas!...how could you guys NOT produce a fuel-efficient car to compete and give Americans more jobs? Americans don't need any more gas guzzlers like what you produce. Wake up GM! Start making high efficiency hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles now!
In the face of Toyota's hot selling Prius, in the face of Honda's popular hybrid modes, and in the face of $4.00 gas!...how could you guys NOT produce a fuel-efficient car to compete and give Americans more jobs? Americans don't need any more gas guzzlers like what you produce. Wake up GM! Start making high efficiency hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles now!
# 7,043:
3:04 pm PDT, May 13,
Sharon Delphenich, California
We need to reduce dependency on oil............we need fuel efficient vehicles, not bigger, more powerful vehicles. Sharon Delphenich
We need to reduce dependency on oil............we need fuel efficient vehicles, not bigger, more powerful vehicles. Sharon Delphenich
# 7,042:
3:03 pm PDT, May 13,
Name not displayed, Texas
What more has to happen before Detroit wakes up? Maybe it's time to ressurect the EV-1. When the public can't afford to fuel their cars, will the Oil Companies support you and buy your inventory?
What more has to happen before Detroit wakes up? Maybe it's time to ressurect the EV-1. When the public can't afford to fuel their cars, will the Oil Companies support you and buy your inventory?
# 7,041:
3:03 pm PDT, May 13,
Frances O'Brien, Oregon
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3:03 pm PDT, May 13,
Celeste Achterhof, Texas
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3:02 pm PDT, May 13,
Cheryl Steele, Washington
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3:00 pm PDT, May 13,
Rhonda Tischofer, Connecticut
The foreign car companies are killing you financially. Their cars run longer and have less problems. You get more mile out of your gas tank and now the foreign car companies came out with the Hybrid car first. For shame!!! The Hybrid cars appeal to a large portion of the United States population: Women, Mothers, Nature Lover ( Be it your garden vareity environmentalist / recycler, naturalist, vegetarian / vegan, yogi / yoga student) or those that I didn't sterotypically mention. Think about OUR future not just your wallet.
The foreign car companies are killing you financially. Their cars run longer and have less problems. You get more mile out of your gas tank and now the foreign car companies came out with the Hybrid car first. For shame!!! The Hybrid cars appeal to a large portion of the United States population: Women, Mothers, Nature Lover ( Be it your garden vareity environmentalist / recycler, naturalist, vegetarian / vegan, yogi / yoga student) or those that I didn't sterotypically mention. Think about OUR future not just your wallet.
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2:58 pm PDT, May 13,
Susan Torres, Texas
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2:57 pm PDT, May 13,
Lynda Leibowitz, New York
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2:57 pm PDT, May 13,
Ross Kelman, Colorado
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2:55 pm PDT, May 13,
Bill Christie, Arizona
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2:54 pm PDT, May 13,
Robert Reynolds, Massachusetts
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2:53 pm PDT, May 13,
Brian Penkrot, Illinois
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2:52 pm PDT, May 13,
Scott Perin, Michigan
Just today the price for a gallon of regular unleaded jumped up to $3.99 a gallon here in Kalamazoo. Now, I'm in the market to buy a new car, and to be quite honest, I am NOT looking to buy anything in the American market. When I can go buy a brand new Kia that gets me 35-40 MPG, why on this Earth would I pay more for an American vehicle that gets the same, or in most cases, less MPG than what I can get from a (lately) more dependable foreign car market? It's time for the "big 3" to make a change and figure out what the foreign companies have already done, or continue to see slumping sales and lost profits.
Just today the price for a gallon of regular unleaded jumped up to $3.99 a gallon here in Kalamazoo. Now, I'm in the market to buy a new car, and to be quite honest, I am NOT looking to buy anything in the American market. When I can go buy a brand new Kia that gets me 35-40 MPG, why on this Earth would I pay more for an American vehicle that gets the same, or in most cases, less MPG than what I can get from a (lately) more dependable foreign car market? It's time for the "big 3" to make a change and figure out what the foreign companies have already done, or continue to see slumping sales and lost profits.
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2:47 pm PDT, May 13,
David Sherr, California
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2:47 pm PDT, May 13,
Cathy Cuny, Illinois
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2:44 pm PDT, May 13,
Donna Lozano, Texas
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2:44 pm PDT, May 13,
Aggie Parish, Arizona
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2:44 pm PDT, May 13,
Elaine Register, Texas
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2:42 pm PDT, May 13,
Melissa McCusker, Massachusetts
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2:41 pm PDT, May 13,
Bud See, Texas
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2:38 pm PDT, May 13,
Dawn O'donnell, New York
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2:37 pm PDT, May 13,
Sarah Mayhew, Massachusetts
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2:37 pm PDT, May 13,
Cynthia Frank, Maryland
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2:37 pm PDT, May 13,
Cathy Law, Oregon
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2:37 pm PDT, May 13,
Helen B. Decker, California
GM needs to realize that the future is in energy efficient vehicles. The shocks at the gas pump are going to continue, and you are ignoring a growing group of buyers. Take a leadership role and do the right thing; help the planet while helping your bottom line. How many times do you have that opportunity?
GM needs to realize that the future is in energy efficient vehicles. The shocks at the gas pump are going to continue, and you are ignoring a growing group of buyers. Take a leadership role and do the right thing; help the planet while helping your bottom line. How many times do you have that opportunity?
# 7,018:
2:36 pm PDT, May 13,
Joe Woller, Michigan
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2:35 pm PDT, May 13,
Cami McAmis, California
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2:35 pm PDT, May 13,
Allison Mason, Iowa
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2:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Natalie Brundred, Michigan
I live outside of Detroit, and am very aware of the impact on our community of the choices GM makes. With gas prices approaching $4/gallon, the American public cannot afford for you to chooose power over fuel economy. Please, do not have this be the 1970's all over again.
I live outside of Detroit, and am very aware of the impact on our community of the choices GM makes. With gas prices approaching $4/gallon, the American public cannot afford for you to chooose power over fuel economy. Please, do not have this be the 1970's all over again.
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2:34 pm PDT, May 13,
Irene Huskisson, Arkansas
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# 7,012:
2:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Rosalia Snow, Oregon
It's amazing that GM continues to be short sighted by using hybrid technology to boost vehicle power instead of boosting fuel economy. What are you thinking? Give me a Prius any day over any of your gas-guzzling SUV pigs. Get a clue.
It's amazing that GM continues to be short sighted by using hybrid technology to boost vehicle power instead of boosting fuel economy. What are you thinking? Give me a Prius any day over any of your gas-guzzling SUV pigs. Get a clue.
# 7,011:
2:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Dylan Mulenburg, Minnesota
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2:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Zeke Duran, Texas
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2:31 pm PDT, May 13,
Thomas Bommarito, Missouri
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2:28 pm PDT, May 13,
Kathrine Tobias, Wisconsin
If we want our world to contunue to envolve on a day to day basis then we need to learn to control our environment and use safer products.
If we want our world to contunue to envolve on a day to day basis then we need to learn to control our environment and use safer products.
# 7,007:
2:28 pm PDT, May 13,
Lewis Moyse, Louisiana
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2:27 pm PDT, May 13,
Cindy Vitagliano, New Jersey
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2:26 pm PDT, May 13,
Carlin Buchanan, Washington
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Arik Labowitz, California
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2:25 pm PDT, May 13,
Joan Linton, Indiana
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2:24 pm PDT, May 13,
Richard Coveny, Florida
Richard Coveny
Richard Coveny
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2:24 pm PDT, May 13,
Sara Kaczmarek, Minnesota