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Originally Posted by Schwa
...consumers are demanding it, but the manufacturers are very slow to implement such things, mostly because they realize it will not improve the profitability of the vehicle. Unfortunately that's the bottom line, until we choose smaller scale production over large scale production we will be consumers of whatever they think we should consume.
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This hits the nail right on the head. Auto makers could care less about reduced dependence on gas or the environment. They care about what we'll buy, and what will make them money. So we have to care
for them, buy supporting the technology with our pocket books. I too think FE ought to be way more than it is, and that auto makers are holding back. However each time someone buys a hybrid, whether an Insight or 20 MPG Hummer, it inches us forward.
I just wish they knew how quickly they could get my money if they produced an 80-100 MPG car...
