Comments on: What would happen if everyone owned a hybrid vehicle?

By: Turak

Turak — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:24:22 +0000

Actually Ford does have hybrids in the market and if I’m not wrong they were the first to introduce an SUV hybrid or something. As far as the impact goes, the demand for gas would go down significantly which should drive down the price. We would have cleaner air to breath (note that some critics say that dominancy of hybrids would subsequently lead to the problem of pollution from disposal of dead batteries that are used on the hybrids). I think the American car makers would have to have already introduced and promoted hybrids before they can become common as there are plenty of American car lovers here.

However, I noticed that for people to actually start focusing on hybrids, there needs to be a psychological change in thinking and the people should be aiming towards saving the environment cos I calculated and noticed that to cover the premium charge for a hybrid, I’ll need to drive the car for like 5 to 10 years to break even!!!

By: Peach TBear

Peach TBear — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:24:22 +0000

Gas prices would go down.

By: ceprn

ceprn — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:24:22 +0000

Gas prices would drop, and and even if they didn’t, you’d spend less money on commuting because you’d be filling up less often..

Ford, Dodge and Chevy would go out of business because they couldn’t remain competitive.

By: r u randy?

r u randy? — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:24:22 +0000

You ask a very complex question… speculative… interesting.

I suspect that the change would lead to an eventual elimination of gas guzzlers as production items over the long run, but that some would still be produced to satisfy a small interest group and guaranteed sales into that market until such time as engineers required to design a “hybrid muscle car“ and a hybrid “performance car“; and, that the world economy would remain almost as it is with the US and Euro manufacturers rapidly becoming avid producers of hybrid cars in order to remain in the marketplace to compete as usual. Gas prices might rise rather than fall in order to keep oil producer profits steady in an environment of declining demand. I suspect that the world’s ecosystems would be very favorable to such a change as you suggest and I hope that it comes about very soon. (My family is buying hybrids in great part with this last aim in mind – We’ve joined the war against global warming.)

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