# Interesting Discussion on Hybrids. EVs, and the Like

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**Created:** [April 6, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-discussion-on-hybrids-evs-and-the-like/399026 "2007-04-06T20:19:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-discussion-on-hybrids-evs-and-the-like/399026/1 "2007-04-06T20:19:36Z")

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On [Science Friday today](http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Apr/hour2_040607.html) they had a pretty intensive discussion on hybrids, with folks from GM, _Road and Track_, and [Sherry Boschert](http://www.sherryboschert.com/), the founder of the [San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association](http://www.sfeva.org/wiki/Main_Page). According to Ms. Boschert, it pretty doesn’t matter _what_ the energy source for the electricity of a plug-in hybrid/electric car is, it’s still cleaner than a car which runs on straight gas/diesel.

They also had a brief interview with the X-Prize folks, who’ve started a [100 MPG car X-Prize.](http://auto.xprize.org/)

Not surprisingly, many of the folks were a bit at odds with one another. They were particularly savage about some of the comments that the GM exec made.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-discussion-on-hybrids-evs-and-the-like/399026/2 "2007-04-07T05:53:03Z")

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We watched a short blurb on green cars a short while ago, and our manual transmission Toyota Corolla was #6 on the list (ahead of some hybrids). [Link.](http://www.greenercars.com/12green.html) And we drive our car around North America for our vacations instead of taking planes. 😃