Originally Posted by Oreo

Part of the reason, is big oil buys out new innovation. Brazil has no need for oil, they have always used alternate energy means to fuel their autos.

The other part, is Americans can be very lazy. Especially our auto industry. It wasn't too long ago, an American auto would only get 75k miles before major problems started to appear. Japan sent us Toyota's capable of getting 200k with no problems. The American auto industry got it's butt kicked by Japan. It always take that whipping before they straighten up.

Watch, it will be a foreign car, that will get 100 mpg, that sell like hotcakes, before the American auto industry catches on.