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<blockquote data-quote="DriveInDriveOut" data-source="post: 1187170" data-attributes="member: 44954"><p>The real costs of hybrid and electric cars lies in the the research and development phase. Toyota just within the past year or two, has finally started to see a return on the some 10 billion dollars they spent to create the prius (about a decade after it's first release). Chevrolet has the same problem with the volt, it will take years for them to start to see a profit. </p><p></p><p>That's why a lot of companies keep producing gas guzzling vehicles. They are not willing to take the risks associated with the new technology when people are still buying up hummers and escalades. Lack of innovation is why the american auto industry has been failing, not unions or whatever other reason the right will think up. </p><p></p><p>I gotta give props to chevrolet for the risk they took with the Volt. The knowledge, patents, and infrastructure that they gained to produce similar vehicles in the future, might just save them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DriveInDriveOut, post: 1187170, member: 44954"] The real costs of hybrid and electric cars lies in the the research and development phase. Toyota just within the past year or two, has finally started to see a return on the some 10 billion dollars they spent to create the prius (about a decade after it's first release). Chevrolet has the same problem with the volt, it will take years for them to start to see a profit. That's why a lot of companies keep producing gas guzzling vehicles. They are not willing to take the risks associated with the new technology when people are still buying up hummers and escalades. Lack of innovation is why the american auto industry has been failing, not unions or whatever other reason the right will think up. I gotta give props to chevrolet for the risk they took with the Volt. The knowledge, patents, and infrastructure that they gained to produce similar vehicles in the future, might just save them. [/QUOTE]
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