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Each on their own the engineering teams of BMW, Chrysler, General Motor and Mercedes have produced some amazing products over the years. In a rare case of teamwork, cooperation and perhaps desperation the four diverse brands teamed up on the Dual Mode Hybrid System in a project called the Global Hybrid Partnership. The combined engineering synergy resulted in a much hyped hybrid powertrain too complex to explain yet one promising the world. As with many over hyped projects the Global Hybrid Partnership began to dissolve literally as soon as the first models hit dealerships and saw some of the brands sell fewer hybrids than Ferrari Enzos.

The Dodge Durango and Chrysler Aspen versions debuted in October of 2008 packing a Hemi V8 at a hard time for the auto industry in general and even more so for Chrysler in particular. Printing out the marketing materials for the Hemi hybrid probably took longer than the model's lifespan as the entire Durango/Aspen lineup including the Dual Mode Hybrid was canceled in November.

Has there been any other technological blunder to promise so much but deliver so little?

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The Biggest Technological Blunder

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