ELECTRIC CARS FACE A STREET.

Tokyo / Detroit: re running out of juice electric cars?
Japan's biggest automaker by two recent initiatives that electric car, developed more than 100 years and after several brief revivals, is still not ready for prime time - and may never .
Hydrogen: In the meantime, Asia, Europe and North America automotive executives focus of an unusual but promising new alternative energy source is the beginning of the swing.

The fact that customers electric vehicles, or EVs, which displaced by gasoline powered cars from the first decade of the 20th century dominated American roads continues to show very little interest.
"Green" movement, despite the promise - and despite billions of dollars in investment, most recently by Nissan Motor Company - EVs problems electrics failed in the late 1910s and 1990s, many recently continue to suffer. The high cost, short driving range and a lack of charging stations.
Lack of battery power cars of the people hunger Obama administration last week persuaded away from its aggressive 2015 goal of 1 million electric cars on U.S. roads back down.

top of tepid EVs respond Nissan Chief Executive, Carlos Ghosn, probably the industry's most vocal supporters of cars battery pushed, Dec mainstream in a major strategic shift towards electric petrol hybrid, the shortcomings announced overcome a pure EVs.
By mass action Ghosn was seen as a silent acknowledgment that their all or nothing, EVs multibillion-dollar bet on battery power for hundreds of thousands of Nissan Leafs sold to a desire to is low.
free Petroleum fuel cell cars hydrogen energy change that.
Vice Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, hybrid helped put on the map "Prius Father", said fuel cell vehicles and battery electric cars that more than hold promise.
"Because it's shortcomings - driving range, cost, and time charge - electric car a viable alternative to most traditional is not for vehicles," Uchiyamada said. "We need something new entirely."
Toyota LONG edge
Identify the next big thing in automotive technology a big part in the race.
A risky bet paid can take a year - for example, with French partner Renault Nissan, EVs and batteries $ 5 billion, while Toyota is committed to developing and manufacturing during the past 16 years, the estimated $ 10 billion or more has been spent on the development, manufacture and market an ever expanding range of hybrid popular and led to profitable Prius.
Toyota Prius hybrid car introduction of the first generation and in 1997 the Nissan Altra battery power with the sun high in the mid-1990s green car engineering degree program.
Toyota Prius brought to the United States in 2000, but it took 10 years Nissan Altra and other minor low volume addresses as well start of 2010 with the financial aid process is to Hypermini electric vehicle projects.
With the continuous improvement monitoring Uchiyamada Prius, Toyota DERBY green car was a 10-year leadership. On the way, though, Toyota Prius progress through the first two generations, manufacturing, and marketing cost effective subsidy of $ billions, according to former Toyota executives.
Although the six years Toyota hybrid electrification of the two companies widening gap between radically different perspective on the American consumer with the fire, catch the latest sales data points.
In the past year, portfolio broadened Prius Hybrid Toyota 12 model its third generation now in its fourth version, including. Toyota in the United States, 327,413 in 2012 and 1.2 million hybrid sales worldwide. To 5 million worldwide sales of its hybrid approach.
Prius accounts for more than half of those sales, the date and yawning indifference to public green technology vehicles and one of the few exceptions was the most successful green car.
Addresses, on the other hand, is the rule rather than the exception.
Nissan LEAF unveiled two years ago and just 50,000 sold in the history of the world. This past year 9,819 20,000 sold in the United States is subject to the target.
,. Some dealers advertising Nissan Leaf in Los Angeles as a lease with a $ 1,999 down and $ 199 a month as lower rates are in line with industry research firm TrueCar.
"Mitsuhiko Yamashita, Nissan Executive Vice President and Head of Research and Development, said:" When new technologies are introduced, sales have not increased as rapidly as it is expected. But "EV technology continues to improve with falling prices, a possibility that sales can explode."
It is not likely any time soon.
Nissan is mildly encouraging that the addresses in the United States is the best-selling pure EV. But last year, only 14,687 total EV sales were 14.5 million, representing 0.1% of the total U.S. sales. Up 473,083 hybrid sales in 2012 than, or approximately 3.3 percent of the market. In the United States every three sales last year, Toyota or Lexus hybrid was one of the two.
Government subsidies and tax incentives by 40 percent of the total fuel industry Prius hybrid sales in Japan, one of the top sellers have rocketed. Fortunately, however, Europe and China as major markets such as consumer is far less popular.
"We are practical people."
For pure electric vehicles approach is even more cloudy.
This time, Ghosn heady 2009 is forecast that by 2020, electric vehicles will capture 10% global market - 6 million cars a year or more battery power - does not go away within reach.
Nissan Yamashita says: "These regulations (the) meeting is not possible unless electric vehicles."
, However, underwhelming demand for EVs market and public about the harsh reality of the current hybrid Nissan to invest more in green tech clear decision to move.
The company announced in December that 15 new hybrids globally by early 2017 plans to introduce.
Ghosn said at the time, he said, we continue to heavily promote electric cars are going for, but at the same time, we are business people, we are working because we will supply the hybrid markets and consumer needs. "Hybrid.
Last September, Toyota Electric Car thousands of public scheme went away, only 100 minicars battery power is scaling back the size expected.
The two Japanese automakers, meanwhile, hydrogen powered fuel cell cars for developing new alliances, Toyota with BMW, in a deal announced last week, with Daimler AG and Ford Motor Co. Nissan fake
In the meantime, large-scale investment in battery technology and vehicle's battery EV adherents of even the most sturdy vehicle for the future seem a little ambivalent.
"We do not regret it yet, Nissan EVs multibillion-dollar gambling company said Yamashita. They said in a few years, we will probably do.".