Nissan's Ghosn Cautious About Hybrids

TOKYO November 26, 2005; Japan Today reported that Carlos Ghosn, chief executive officer of Nissan Motor Co, said Friday he remains "cautious" about producing hybrid cars until it is clear there is a real demand for them. "Hybrid is a serious technology and it may be a very competitive technology," he told a press conference in Tokyo.

"But until a consumer decides what he wants, we are cautious," he added, even though Nissan is launching a new hybrid car next year in the United States and will continue to put resources into the development of the technology. "Until it is definitively established which technology is the final answer to the environmental question, we need to systematically pursue all solutions: diesel, ethanol, hydrogen, electric and hybrid," he said.