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Within about the next year Toyota and Honda believe
they will, combined, begin selling 1,000,000 hybrid
cars per year. American automakers on the other
hand, combined, won't even sell 100,000 hybrids.
Certainly, American automakers have future products
intended to leapfrog the Toyota
Prius, but how realistic are those plans?
For instance, Toyota also has plans for electric
vehicles and plug-in hybrids. Can a vehicle like the Chevy
Volt steal all of Toyota's green market share? I
mean honestly, GM is still many years away from
producing 100,000 Volts per year. Doesn't GM need
much, much more than the Volt?
Perhaps gas prices will decline, or at least stagnate
for a number of years. If not, however, is there any
real reason to believe that US automakers are anywhere
close to being correctly positioned for the future?
Labels: Chevy Volt electric vehicle concept, Hybrid Vehicles, toyota prius
