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Certainly, such a credit would hurt US automakers in the short term, but nothing breeds change like necessity. Besides, if plug-in hybrids are going anywhere, a lot more conventional hybrids are going to get there first, and both hybrid types can share battery technology.
3 bloggers weighed in on a similar topic
Last Month,
Dahcredyns(noreply@blogger.com) from Hybrid Cars says
(in The next big hybrid hit)
As battery powered vehicles gain market share over the next few decades, conventional hybrid cars, such as the Toyota Prius, are expected to gain the lion's share, as plug-in hybrids, EVs and fuel cell vehicles scale their way to cost-effectiveness.
And
Dahcredyns(noreply@blogger.com) from Hybrid Cars says
(in 5 percent hybrid market share: What will it take?)
Only with a legitimate Prius contender?
Nevertheless, hybrid sales fell to just 2.7 percent of total vehicle market share.
So, what takes hybrids to at least 5 percent market share? An equal, but cheaper Prius contender? $4.00 gas? A breakthrough in lithium-ion battery mass production?
3 Months Ago,
Dahcredyns(noreply@blogger.com) from Hybrid Car says
(in Prius proves hybrids aren't just a fad, even with cheap gas)
Hybrid sales are dead. According to a number of the auto rags consumers don't want hybrid cars when gas prices are low. Period.
Call them a niche. Call them an interim technology, but the Prius proves that smart hybrids can sell, even when gasoline prices aren't terribly supportive. Yet, we all...
While we can see a future where the Prius overtakes the Camry for sales supremacy, we don't see it happening any time soon. Toyota's world renowned hybrid had its best-ever sales year in 2007, and 2009 numbers promise to fall about 40,000 units short of that bogey. Did we mention that the Camr...
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