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A six-foot tall, 4WD, 5500 lb, off-road capable vehicle (which would be a pretty average description of a truck wearing the appellation of "SUV") carrying enough engine and battery capacity to give acceptable acceleration is not likely to deliver "50-70 or more MPG".
Yeah, but we're not talking about putting a hybrid power train into a current SUV based on a damn truck chassis design.
We're talking about a fundamental redesign so that the Next Generation Hybrid SUV is not simply a whacking great heavy truck chassis overlaid with even more gas guzzling features.
5500LB ain't a light Truck anymore - never was - thats a 2 tonne monster light truck.
Heck even a top of line modern SUV equivalent from Europe won't weigh anywhere near that and it gets decent mileage right now.
And add in regenerative braking, high energy capacity short term battery storage and you can start to get 50+ MPG without too much thought involved.
Yeah maybe it won't go so well off the road, but like Nike trainers never seem to be used for doing any training, its a moot point.
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