Car manufacturers and US industry experts believe that a significant drop in car consumption is not for tomorrow despite the development of new technologies. Eric Fedewa, analyst for the firm CSM Worldwide, gives his point of view: "Motorists are quite reluctant to massively adopt hybrid cars (gasoline / electricity) or clean diesel. Hybrids, whose consumption can be reduced by 20 % to 60% depending on the conditions of use compared to a normal gasoline car, represent only 1% of the cars in circulation in the world. They have so far met most of their success in the United States but potential buyers hesitate in front of their higher price and a decrease in consumption that only occurs in urban traffic conditions. Ethanol, presented by US President George W. Bush as a solution to reduce gasoline consumption in the United States, is not yet available on a large scale except in certain countries such as Brazil. As for so-called "zero emissions" vehicles, such as all-electrics and those running on hydrogen, they r commercialization is not planned for 5 to 10 years and the entire hydrogen distribution infrastructure has yet to be put in place. "
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