> The deadline isn't tight at all, the direction was clear since the early nineties. Hybrid electrics were well into development by the 90s. The Prius was laun

> The deadline isn't tight at all, the direction was clear since the early nineties. Hybrid electrics were well into development by the 90s. The Prius was launched in 97. There was a hybrid race car in Le Mans just a year later. Less than 10 years later and the German manufacturers were leading the field for hybrid technology in racing. Technological development doesn't happen by magic, it takes time.