I have written before on this topic, however I decided to make a list of all the “mild Hybrid” cars available today.  That is to say, cars that are capitalizing on the eco-friendly cache, without actually doing much more than being an expensive fuel sipper.  These are cars that take advantage of un-suspecting consumers who want to make a difference for the environment by purchasing a car which emits less, little or no carbon emissions than would otherwise by emitted were they to purchase a similar internal combustion engine vehicle.  These cars with flashy eco badges, tout fuel efficiency and try to link that term with emissions containment.  However, this two topics are not the same even though they both have an important role to play in future vehicle development.  Mild hybrids for the most part do not have a electric only mode, infact what they typcially possess is an oversized starter motor (electric) which acts as a horsepower booster to a gas engine.  In otherwords, the gas engine never stops running.  This i feel was never the intent of hybrid vehicles.  The intention is to ween us of gas engines, whether using a full hybrid that has some electric only capabilities, a plug in hybrid or Electric vehicles.

So here is the list of cars claiming to be hybrids… but in my opinion are only cashing in on eco-chic.