The small compact has been around for quite sometime and is seen by many as a power packed addition to the Honda line of great cars. The Japanese auto manufacturer has released plans to come up with a hybrid version of their ever popular compact that is causing quite a stir in the auto industry due to the apparent size limitations of the Fit. Honda has long been into research and development of commercial hybrid vehicles with their forays into fuel-cell powered cars but they have yet to come up with a commercially successful product. Hybrids in the US and Japan abound but more of them are of the converted types while Toyota has been a major player in the hybrid technology market since 1997 when they released the Prius which to this day has its loyal fans and detractors. Mainly because of the ugly looks the car has and also due to the fact that it is a hybrid which caught up late into the fight. Gas prices have started to soar and with it at $4.00 or more per gallon, the future for gas guzzlers is truly bleak.
With supply woes on the headlines of everyday newspapers and with the US going into severe economic slowdown, the effects of the problems have started to bite hard all over the globe. Hybrids are the way to go and along with better and more efficient cars that are currently on the market today, the future for hybrids and other auto technologies are truly more of a necessity rather than a fad. The oil crisis has many giving up their rides in exchange for public transport such as trains and buses (some bus fleets in the US and elsewhere have started to use hybrid technologies as well due to high diesel prices which in some cases has been more expensive than gasoline) and with no solution within reach soon, the future is leaning towards hybrids.
The Fit as well ads the many other hybrids that are currently on the roads are making themselves felt within the congested streets of many major cities. Hybrids will make our air cleaner and easier to breathe but it may also correct the congestion we are currently having to deal with on the road.