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Originally Posted by catlin101
If oil companies are really doing this, then why is Toyota selling so many hybrid cars that it can't even make them fast enough?
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Cause people are tired of paying high prices for gas. Also (and please no offense to the teams supported bu US Automakers - i.e. GM, Ford, etc...) these Japanses Automakers in some ways are making better vechicles than that in the states. These cars were popular due to their fuel economy in the 1970s oil crisis and in some ways have held on to the market. The msot popular cars today are Toyotas and Hondas. A part of this issue is the fact that people buy a gas guzzling SUV or two where 5mpg is the norm. Unfortunately, there are people ok with it. That is in part to Detriot's response to public demand for bigger SUVs... hence vehicles like the hummer are out on the road. If we wanted fuel efficent cars, they'd produce them. It has nothing to do with Oil companies other than the price at the pump and how much you want to spend on gas.
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Originally Posted by Adam Y.
Umm... This may sound like a stupid question but wouldn't an electrical or chemical engineer be better suited to do work on fuel cells. A fuel cell has no moving parts. Im confused because Im going into electrical engineering for the same reason as you stated.
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There is no such thing as a stupid question. But I am not going to claim expertise in fuel cells either. I do know however there are issues that ME's are needed or are qualified as a fuel cell can be and is in some cases considered a thermal system to generate power.