Mazda to lease hydrogen hybrids in Japan

Available for lease in Japan next year

"The Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid, shown to reporters ahead of its debut at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month, operates on a rotary engine, which has a reputation for being quiet because it doesn't have pistons like standard engines.

The vehicle is powered by energy produced when hydrogen combines with oxygen in the air to emit only clean water. A conventional rotary engine runs on gasoline, but the one in the new hybrid runs on hydrogen stored in a tank, although it can switch to gas when hydrogen runs out." (AP)

Hydrogen hybrids, plug-in hybrids, fuel cell hybrids. Hybrid vehicles ARE the future.