One hybrid type that can quickly be put into production is the series hybrid, a battery-powered vehicle with a small engine-generator on board.
The mandate was modified, with the zero-emission requirement reduced to at least 250 fuel cell or battery-powered vehicles by 2008.
By 1990 sales of the battery-powered vehicles reached over 1,000,000 per year.
Each battery-powered vehicle is made up of two platforms.
One approach is to combine fuel cell and battery-powered vehicles.
The plan would require the companies to sell 4,650 battery-powered vehicles in 2003, down from 22,000 under a previous plan.
Their first foray into the market was with a 3 ton battery-powered vehicle, intended for local deliveries.
These include battery-powered electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.
General Motors declined to say whether it had solved the technical problems that so far have made battery-powered vehicles impractical and uneconomical.
These toys were battery-powered vehicles that ran on a single AA battery and featured four-wheel drive.