GM Inside News Forum - View Single Post - Honda won't produce plug-in hybrids

racy · 10-23-2007, 07:01 PM

Honda seems uninterested in being number #1,2 or three or any other number. This gives them a nice advantage in that they don't have to contantly be looking over their shoulder. Neither the hare nor the turtle...somewhere in the middle.

While I don't think this decision will kill them, the problem I see is in their faith in the hydrogen economy. Its not going to spring up any time soon. The technology is pretty close, but the infrastructure is nowhere to be found - which pretty much makes the vehicles irrelevent.

My bet is, they believe their interim strategy of non-plugins will continue to evolve and hold them over until paradigm shift. And that very well may be the case. In terms production vehicles, hybrids are still incredibly new and the technology is nowhere near being pushed to its limits.

10-23-2007, 07:01 PM	#15 (permalink)
racy 4.6 Liter Northstar V8 Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,675	Re: Honda won't produce plug-in hybrids Honda seems uninterested in being number #1,2 or three or any other number. This gives them a nice advantage in that they don't have to contantly be looking over their shoulder. Neither the hare nor the turtle...somewhere in the middle. While I don't think this decision will kill them, the problem I see is in their faith in the hydrogen economy. Its not going to spring up any time soon. The technology is pretty close, but the infrastructure is nowhere to be found - which pretty much makes the vehicles irrelevent. My bet is, they believe their interim strategy of non-plugins will continue to evolve and hold them over until paradigm shift. And that very well may be the case. In terms production vehicles, hybrids are still incredibly new and the technology is nowhere near being pushed to its limits.