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TechNews - USA - Hybrid choices likely to multiply
Until commercially viable fuel cell technology arrives
USA - Automotive News, by RICHARD TRUETT -4 Nov 2005: -- The early optimism for hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles got a reality check this year... With the exception of General Motors, virtually no automaker, supplier, energy company or government official expects fuel cell vehicles to be ready for mass production until at least 2020... Even GM has softened its once bullish position on fuel cells. Instead of having a complete vehicle ready for production in 2010, GM says it plans to have a fuel cell powertrain tested and validated by decade end... Because fuel cell vehicles are so far off, and because automakers need a midterm strategy to reduce consumption and lower emissions, gasoline-electric hybrids moved into the lead this year as the quickest and least expensive way to achieve those goals...
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