Daniel Benjamin Quotes

I don't believe in the electric cars, but I strongly believe in hybrids.

The car industry has invested a lot in hybrid, but my opinion is electric cars will take over a lot of hybrids quicker than people think now.

What is this, a Hybrid? You guys must be proud of yourselves.

I definitely love that all these car brands are coming out with hybrid forms of every car that they have. It's very awesome because I think it does make a difference, and it doesn't hurt that you save a lot of money on gas.

Some people say hybrid vehicles such as the Prius are only a bridge to the future ... but we think it could be a long bridge and a very sturdy one. There are many more gains we can achieve with hybrids.

I drive a hybrid. It's a Ford Escape. That's my only car.

It is definitely true that the fundamental enabling technology for electric cars is lithium-ion as a cell chemistry technology. In the absence of that, I don't think it's possible to make an electric car that is competitive with a gasoline car.

Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.

I think hybrids are inevitable. The question is not the technology: it's a question of the cost and whether the consumer will pay.

We have been very reluctant to make statements about where the industry is going to go. The Wrangler is going hybrid in 2020. We don't make much noise about that, but it will happen.

By 2025, more than half of the power units you see on the road will have some relevance of electrification. There may be a base combustion engine, but it is combustion and electrification that will make the machine run.

What is the quickest way to reduce our dependence on oil? Embrace hybrid technology.

We have a tremendous investment in facilities for (internal combustion engines, transmissions, and axles) and I can't see throwing them away just because the electric car doesn't emit fumes.

The harsh reality is that America moves on four wheels, powered by conventional internal-combustion engines. At this point, while the elite media (excluding Newsweek) trumpet the benefits of hybrids and Ford and Toyota plan to lead the nation into a low-powered, high-mileage hybrid Utopia, the multitudes remain loyal to the gas-guzzling family bus in the driveway.

Of course the first version of an all-electric sports car is going to be expensive.

Pickups, S.U.V.'s, vans and the like represent about 80 million vehicles, with mileage of perhaps 13 to 16 miles per gallon. Converting those should be our first priority.

The fuel cell is just a fundamentally inferior way of delivering electrical energy to an electric motor than batteries.

Tesla is here to stay and keep fighting for the electric car revolution.

I really do encourage other manufacturers to bring electric cars to market. It's a good thing, and they need to bring it to market and keep iterating and improving and make better and better electric cars, and that's what going to result in humanity achieving a sustainable transport future. I wish it was growing faster than it is.

We believe that there are many buyers who want a stylish, sporty car that sends a positive message about their concern for the environment as they drive it down the street.

The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions.

There is no reason why, with the huge potential for market out there in the world for fuel-efficient vehicles, we can't be the cutting edge for change.

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 MPG.

The Volkswagen Group offers the world's largest low-CO2 fleet.

Automobile efficiency is the ballgame of energy security of the country.