Reality has a way of forcing itself back into the picture whenever dreamers get too carried away. Hydrogen car advocates have been touting the wonders of fuel cells and the emission free cars just around the corner but engineering the hard parts and making actual fuel cells that work reliably and can be built affordably is still just out of reach.
Auto companies who have to build real cars for real dealers facing customers with money in their hands are finding hybrids do a lot of the heavy lifting in the fuel economy and lower emission segment of the market. This technology is here now and improving plus, as we've said many times, the old reliable internal combustion engine is getting much more efficient, powerful and emission friendly. Hydrogen fuel cells keep promising the world while other technologies deliver the goods.
The race to improve technologies has many participants and they are all working hard to win. Hydrogen fuel cells may be making progress, but so is everyone else.
Autoweek: Hybrid choices likely to multiply
