A statement like that coming from him opens eyes across the board. This is a milestone. |
Convenience and price will be the factors that will drive this [business]. |
Honda is an engineering company; Toyota is a marketing company. It really is just the Honda way. |
These five gasoline-electric hybrids stood apart as most worthy of consideration for the 2006 Green Car of the Year distinction. While hybrids represent but one type of vehicle expected to be finalists in future Green Car of the Year award programs, they clearly dominate the field at this point in time. |
They clearly are an environmental leader when you put them in context with the rest of the market as we know it now. |
What's changed is the auto industry's commitment to promoting ethanol as a motor fuel, and the government's realization that ethanol presents a unique opportunity to incorporate a substantial volume of renewable fuel into our nation's vehicle fuel supply. Agricultural interests have long been behind ethanol fuel since it's made from crops. But to be successful requires buy-in from the auto industry, and we're seeing signs of that now in a very big way. |