Technology is being developed for the enviroment, but do consumers always care about the enviroment rather than money?
Hybrid cars are basically cars that work with two types of engines at the same time, one electrical and one with gasoline. Hybrid cars also differentiate between them, but in the long run all of them aim to pollute the air less. The first models of hybrid cars were not as succesfull, but it was a good beginning. Toyota Prius, the model that led hybrid car technology for a long time, was designed with a normal engine and an electrical engine assisting it, so it wasn’t as efficient as the modern ones but clearly a leading model for the newest technologies.
New Honda Civic’s price is about $ 16.000
New Honda Civic Hybrid’s price is around $ 24.000
Now the hybrid cars can add up to 20-30 miles per gallon, but the prices are significantly expensive due to the high costs of production. Since these cars are aiming to help the enviroment, government should subsidize these car companies in some way, for example taxes, and help them to decrease the prices so that the consumers will have more reasons to choose a hybrid car. It is not fair to charge consumers more to help the enviroment since most people would care more about their savings rather than the air pollution.
It is true that in “some” models, the gasoline consumption is significantly less so in the long run it is an advantage for the consumer, but if a person spends $250 for gasoline monthly and if hybrid cars make them save up to $100 per month, covering $8000 will take almost 5 years, so it is not an attractive deal always.
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