Hybrid cars still considered risky tech
Purchasing backgammon sets made of new materials or with the help of a new technology is not a big deal. If you decision does not work out, you can always skip the set and go in for a traditional set all over again. You can try selling the set to a friend or relative or simply dump it into the garbage can. You cannot do that with a hybrid car, can you? This is probably the reason why hybrid cars are not becoming very popular.
People do not have the perfect answer for the numerous ’What If'questions yet. What if the car does not work properly? What if I am stranded? What if the car breaks down? What if I have to spend a lot of money maintaining the car during the first few years? These questions have no perfect answers.
A lot depends on how far you are ready to trust the technology yet. The sad part is that a person who is making a huge investment by purchasing a vehicle is just not prepared to operate on faith. He wants a technology that is tried and tested and is completely safe. Unfortunately, hybrid automobiles are not at that stage yet. You may find many hybrid cars on the street but all it takes is a single breakdown of a single car for people to raise questions on the consistency and reliability of the technology.
This may not be a very fair and sensible approach but this is how things work. In such a scenario, hybrid technology will have to perform in a consistent manner over a long period of time to ensure that such basic and fundamental good questions are not raised. People too will have to learn to operate on a bit of faith and must consider the long term implications.
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