> Hey, that's pretty cool! I hope it does well and spurs the other
> manufacturers to build compact/mid size diesel pickups. Personally, I
> think they are making a mistake with the whole diesel hybrid version
> though; just stick with the diesel. In order to make a diesel hybrid
> get better gas mileage than the straight diesel, compromises will need
> to be made (less weight, and/or smaller engine, etc.) which will
> result in less capability and I'm not sure the average truck buyer is
> going to go for the resulting product, especially at the additional
> cost.
Unless they do a series diesel hybrid (same idea as what's found in
trains), then a smaller engine wouldn't reduce performance as long as
it generated enough electricity to power the electric motor, but odds
are it'll be a parallel hybrid which is, as you pointed out, a joke.
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