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#101 of 126 They have a hybrid lawn mower?................................. by daysailer Oct 30, 2003 (6:54 am)
what does THAT cost?
#102 of 126 is that robot by nippononly Oct 30, 2003 (7:16 am)
hybrid-powered? LOL
#104 of 126 by xcel Oct 30, 2003 (2:27 pm)
Hi All:   ___What do you mean what do they cost? It’s $20,500 and it can mow ~ an 1/60 of an acre in < 11 seconds   ___Good Luck   ___Wayne R. Gerdes
#105 of 126 by varmint Oct 31, 2003 (9:13 am)
Ford sets a date for HEV Escape   They begin production in July 2004 and expect to sell between 10,000 and 20,000 units. Based on the way the article is worded, I'm guessing this will be a 2WD only model.
#106 of 126 Re: msg #105 by crimsono2 Oct 31, 2003 (10:42 am)
"Phil Martens, Ford's group vice president of product creation, said it was necessary for Ford to develop its own hybrid system because it needed hybrid expertise to build even more advanced vehicles in the future, such as hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars.   While the company considered buying a hybrid system from Toyota, "we didn't want to avoid the process of learning about this technology,"   Somebody remind the guy that they *are* using Toyota's 1st gen hybrid system as their model for 'developing'? I hope Toyota makes an HSD RAV4 just to Toy with them...
#107 of 126 by varmint Oct 31, 2003 (10:53 am)
LOL!   I think there is a difference in modeling your engine design after another, and just plain plunking it under the hood. After all, Ford (or maybe Mazda) did have to come up with the 4 cyl that accompanies it.
#108 of 126 Seeing as the RAV4 is going out of production by logic1 Oct 31, 2003 (11:01 am)
one hardly expects to see a hybrid version.
#109 of 126 by crimsono2 Oct 31, 2003 (1:49 pm)
Sure is easy to develop when you've already got a working, tried and tested model.
#110 of 126 RAV4 will be discontinued??? by crimsono2 Oct 31, 2003 (1:56 pm)
Where'd you hear news of that? Wow, I was actually beginning to like the little Ute R' Us...;p

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