It is time to start narrowing green-car options.(Viewpoint essay)

Automotive News Europe,  April, 2007  

• E-mail
• Print
• Link

In some cases, too much choice is a bad thing.

There are now simply too many alternatives to conventional gasoline- and diesel-powered vehicles for any of the new technologies to thrive.

Research on all options costs too much, diverts resources from potential winners and confuses car buyers.

This leaves the industry open to criticism that it is stalling.

There is a dizzying selection of new technologies - from hybrid, pure electric and fuel cell powertrains to alternative fuels for internal-combustion engines such as ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen, compressed natural gas, ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.