"The SUV Is Not Dead Yet"

So goes the famous quote from Edward Furia of AFSTrinity. That company’s retrofitted Saturn Vue SUV certainly received a lot of mainstream media publicity this year. By turning it into a plug-in hybrid they got it to go clean for 40 miles on electrons before taking its first sip. Ever since we were finally blasted with the gas prices the rest of the world has endured for years, we have seen astounding stories such as Resale value of SUVs drop $8,000 in 6 months! , and Minicoopers down to one-day supply! or Ford stops building trucks . On a superficial level, the SUV certainly seems as if it’s soon to draw its last breath So it is no surprise that they got a lot of publicity for their modified Saturn Vue, converted into a plug-in hybrid with an all-electric range of 40 miles. Like a regular, unrepentant Saturn Vue, their plug-in hybrid version could go up to 87 mph, but it could do so while in the all-electric mode. Unlike the Vue, it got 150 mpg as a result. I...