More than any time since the early ‘70s, automakers are thinking and designing green. Electric vehicles, gasoline-electric hybrids, diesels, and flex-fuel and hydrogen-powered cars are inching up the consumer on-ramp at a faster pace, judging from world debuts of 21 alternative-fuel vehicles at this year’s auto shows.

“It’s highly unlikely that oil alone is going to supply all of the world’s rapidly growing automotive energy requirements,” says GM CEO Mr. Wagoner. “It sort of feels like the early part of the 20th century, when everyone was trying to figure out whether to go with steam or electricity or gasoline,” adds Gavin Conway, Editor-in-chief of Automobile Magazine. “People are saying, ‘Do we go with electric, hybrids, diesel, or what?’”

The march toward cleaner energy necessary for environmental sustainability and ending dependence on foreign oil, which fuels global conflict, is clearly picking up speed.

Source: M-Wire 

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