Toyota is bringing its Fine-T fuel cell hybrid in-wheel motor concept car to the New York Auto Show next week. The concept made its world premier at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show as the Fine-X.

I was reading the postings at the bottom of this article and for some reason the main problem was whether this car could be classified as a hybrid or not. Its a concept car, which has two sources from which it generates electricity, in my book thats a hybrid. Also the drive-by-wire phrase tends to evoke a sense of fear amongst car owners, just as all pilots who had not flown the new Airbus 320 with the fly-by-wire technology when it was first launched. Now that technology is everywhere, people are always skeptical of new technology, but this is just a concept vehicle, lets see what comes out of it.

Source: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/04/toyota_bringing.html

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