From a petrol station forecourt, I watch the same drama repeat itself.

A hybrid pulls in.
Warning lights appear.
Suddenly everyone becomes an expert.

“The battery is finished.”
“These cars were never meant for Africa.”
“Sell it before it bankrupts you.”

Most of the time, the car is fine.

What is failing is human judgment under unfamiliar technology.

Hybrid systems are quiet. They hide complexity. They refuse to shout.
And when machines stop shouting, people start imagining disasters.

What hybrid owners need is not more opinions.
They need clarity—before fear drives the decision.

Technology does not destroy value.
Misinterpretation does.

From the forecourt—not a boardroom—this is what I keep seeing.

So the real question is this:
Are we diagnosing hybrid cars… or diagnosing our discomfort with change?

—
Dr Petero Wamala
Restoring judgment where technology destabilises it — from the forecourt, not the stage.