Diesel's disgrace brings hybrids-for-all in race to electrify

Despite incentives, neither battery technology nor charging infrastructure is ready for the mass electric-car uptake.

FRANKFURT: Carmakers squeezed between carbon emissions cuts and falling sales of fuel-efficient diesels have used the Frankfurt auto show to spotlight a future generation of electric cars that will largely come too late to help them out of their bind. 

But elsewhere at the show, suppliers like Valeo and Delphi are lifting the lid on a quicker fix: affordable 48-volt hybrids.