| Many hybrid cars will compensate for the premium | | | | owners of the Ford Motor's Escape Hybrid and |
| that is added to their window prices on account of | | | | Toyota Prius would break even inside three years. |
| elevated gas prices and tax credits from the U.S. | | | | And that owners of the Toyota Camry, Saturn Vue |
| government on the more fuel economic vehicles. | | | | Green Line from General Motors and the Civic Hybrid |
| Both hybrid cars and trucks, which get better mileage | | | | from Honda Motor would break even inside of 6 |
| in city driving by operating on an assemblage of gas | | | | years. |
| and electric power, are priced between $1,300 and | | | | Trouble is federal tax credits for hybrid owners are |
| $7,500 more than longstanding versions of the same | | | | being terminated on the most popular ones. From a |
| vehicles, reported by | | | | provision of the tax code, owners of a Toyota hybrid |
| However a fuel economy report by indicated that the | | | | after Sept. 30, 2006 will just measure up for 1/2 of the |
| scales were beginning to go in favor of hybrids. High | | | | tax credit for which they would have formerly qualified. |
| gas prices and ample tax credits now counterbalance | | | | The tax credit on Toyota and Lexus hybrids is |
| the high sales costs of many hybrids, taking for | | | | programed to dip to 25% about April 2007 and then |
| granted owners retain their hybrids for several years | | | | be closed out in October 2007. |
| according to an analyst with | | | | In another written report the auto industry tracking firm |
| The change over is significant since analysts have | | | | CSM Worldwide mentioned higher gas prices as one |
| claimed that higher sticker prices were restricting | | | | factor leading a shift in the direction of more efficient |
| hybrid sales. Hybrids today amount to 1 % of new car | | | | six-speed transmissions. CSM predict that automatic |
| sales in the United States. But Toyota, the hybrid | | | | six-speed transmissions would be the sole or primary |
| market leader, envisions its yearly hybrid sales | | | | factor for 60% of the U.S. car and truck marketplace |
| exceeding 1 million vehicles right after 2011. | | | | by 2013, that is up from just under 5% today. CSM |
| indicated that if vehicles were driven 15,000 miles per | | | | claims three-quarters of the new cars from GM would |
| year and gas was priced at 3 dollars per gallon, | | | | possess the six-speed transmission by 2012. |