This headline brought to you by the oil industry.Don't automatically assume a hybrid car hybrid car, hybrid vehicle hybrid n → Hybridfahrzeug nt or -auto nt will save gas. If it's a big SUV or you use the car for long trips, the savings won't be significant, writes Jamie Lincoln Kitman in a recent op-ed in The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. I like corrections to conventional wisdom like this, but I do have a complaint about how the Times presented the piece. Its subhead sub·head n. In both senses also called subheading. 1. The heading or title of a subdivision of a printed subject. 2. A subordinate heading or title. Noun 1. : "If you want to save gas, don't drive a hybrid." That is not what the article says. Indeed, it makes clear that if your driving is predominantly around town, you will save gas and money with the Toyota Prius The Toyota Prius is a hybrid electric vehicle developed and manufactured by the Toyota Motor Corporation, and one of the first such vehicles to be mass-produced and marketed. The Prius first went on sale in Japan in 1997, and worldwide in 2001. . |
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