So much for all the talk, money and effort put into hybrid cars. The LA Auto Show has awarded their Green Car of the Year award to a diesel for the second year in a row.
If diesel engines are so “green”, why the effort to build expensive hybrids, with their expensive batteries, risks of high voltage discharge in accidents, and uncertain disposal costs? Just build more diesels.
An even better question – why aren’t hybrid cars built as diesel-electrics? That would seem to improve the energy efficiency far more than the current gas-electric designs.