Some shocking news for anyone hoping to trade in his gas guzzler for a battery-powered hybrid.
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At least, for now.
If we can figure out a way to produce large amounts of low-cost
electricity, for example, then a plug-in hybrid would be a
beautiful thing. And if the cost to buy these things can be reduced
to at least somewhere close to the current cost of a standard
compact sedan -- in the low $20k range or so -- then even
better.
But until one or both of these conditions is met, it's hard to
make a dollars and cents case for hybrid cars, plug-in or
otherwise.
Eric Peters is an automotive columnist and author of Automotive Atrocities: The Cars You Love to Hate (Motor Books International) and a new book, Road Hogs.