Future Cars

With the mix of technologies offering options to fossil fuels, there is often the obstacle of cost. Research and development for vehicles that either run fossil fuel free or with the hybrid model, keeping fossil fuel consumption at the lowest possible levels, costs a lot - and will cost car companies more in the future.

The legacy of American car manufacturers finds them often behind the "green" leaders in that they have built-in limits to their "future car" building capacity. Not least of which is the nature of the big name Detroit car companys' profitability or lack there of.

Paying out retirement funds have, at times, caught up with the big name companies. Low profits are leaving the future of those companies in question. Lay-offs of large numbers of employees, have also made the picture bleak.

Other inherent cost, domestically, include the building of infrastructure. In the hydrogen world, hydrogen fuel cell cars will need fueling stations. So the economics of "green future cars" is complicated and worth some study if one wants to be able to speak knowledgeably regarding the much vaunted transition away from fossil fuels.

One car company leader is making a name for himself with his plans for the future: Katsuaki Watanabe. Learn more about Mr. Watanabe's plans by reading this very illuminating article: http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/3-31-2006-92367.asp.

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