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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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K J MARTINEZ, Texas
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Brijesh Shah, Ohio
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Christina Resasco, California
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Susan Johnson, Alaska
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. Sincerely, Susan Johnson
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. Sincerely, Susan Johnson
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David Rossi, Texas
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Merrilyn McDonald LCSW, Washington
I will not buy GM products until you make a "REAL" hybrid in a smaller format. NO MORE SUV's. You deserve to lose market shares because you have insisted on making what destroys our environment.
I will not buy GM products until you make a "REAL" hybrid in a smaller format. NO MORE SUV's. You deserve to lose market shares because you have insisted on making what destroys our environment.
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6:37 pm PDT, Sep 15,
Kristie Lyon, Missouri
Gas is a problem that we need an intermediate solution for lowering the usage and a long term solution for stopping the usage. I urge you to do what you can to stop the gasoline use as it is destroying our environment. We definitely need to take care of that now.
Gas is a problem that we need an intermediate solution for lowering the usage and a long term solution for stopping the usage. I urge you to do what you can to stop the gasoline use as it is destroying our environment. We definitely need to take care of that now.
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Atara Chava, Kentucky
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Christine Gillen, Florida
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Patrick D. Richmond, Missouri
Clean air is good for us. And it is time for the American Auto Makers to make hybrid veicles including SUVs so that we can protect the environment.
Clean air is good for us. And it is time for the American Auto Makers to make hybrid veicles including SUVs so that we can protect the environment.
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Liberty Jones, Ohio
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Linda Smernoff-jensen, Utah
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Kristen Casenave, Texas
I have owned a Prius since 2005 when I bought it used because it was so hard to get one! I am purchasing another next year to replace my non-prius car---I would pay double for something that got 75 miles to the gallon. The time has come to be more responsible about pollution, energy dependence and I am putting my MONEY where my mouth is--always HAVE!
I have owned a Prius since 2005 when I bought it used because it was so hard to get one! I am purchasing another next year to replace my non-prius car---I would pay double for something that got 75 miles to the gallon. The time has come to be more responsible about pollution, energy dependence and I am putting my MONEY where my mouth is--always HAVE!
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Aaron Franchi, Illinois
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Kelly Kemp, California
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Denise Farnum, Illinois
It's time to get your head out the sand, because the majority of American people are not buying American automobiles.
It's time to get your head out the sand, because the majority of American people are not buying American automobiles.
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Cynthia Norris, Massachusetts
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