Are Hybrids the savior of the auto industry

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Originally Posted by Grumpy

I like the idea of Hydrogen powered cars but its a long way off not to mention whose footing the bill for converting gas stations to hydrogen ?

Before the masses could seriously consider one of these cars Hydrogen stations will need to be everywhere.

Not sure about that. In the U.K. LPG was introduced with a much lower taxation rate than petrol or diesel. Result was a number of fleet operators plus a few privates paid the price and had their cars converted. This created demand; the result was fuel stations started to add LPG pumps. It kind of died the death when the government raised the tax level on LPG but the principle holds. Make the cars, keep the taxation rate low, go for mass production and the market will supply the fuel.