Pollution forcing China to develop hybrid cars?

I was watching a PBS special yesterday about the green revolution in building design that is beginning to sprout in China. With pollution such a huge problem in China - a leading contributor in 1 of 4 deaths there - the Chinese are beginning to realize that green might be the only way forward.

Consequently, it is no surprise that multiple Chinese auto manufacturers are now getting into the hybrid vehicle game (more). Currently, China is the 3rd largest automobile market in the world, yet only a tiny percentage of the population either owns or drives an automobile. Yet, as freeways begin to interconnect the cities of China, this trend is changing rapidly. Ultimately, without clean technologies like hybrid cars, China will not only run out of fuel, but choke itself to death.