The Wall Street Journal reports that Honda may offer a hybrid CR-V SUV. Toyota will soon be releasing a hybrid version of their Highlander SUV. Toyota has also announced plans to release in North America in 2006 a hybrid version of the Camry, now the best-selling passenger car in the US.
The major US automakers are developing their own hybrid models right now. Ford has recently released a hybrid version of its Escape SUV, which averages around 36 mpg. The Lexus 400h, a 270 hp luxury hybrid, averages 27.6 mpg (8.5l/100km). GM intends to put hybrids into its full-sized Chevrolet Tahoe and GMC Yukon SUVs in late 2007. Daimler Chrysler is planning a hybrid Dodge Durango with a 20% increase in gas mileage ( 22.3 mpg combined city/highway for the Durango HEV compared with 17.1 mpg for a comparable conventional V-8 Durango). GM and DaimlerChrysler will work on what they call "two-mode full hybrid" technology - an electrically variable transmission with two hybrid drive modes.
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