300hp 50mpg Biodiesel/Electric Supercar

A group of inner-city high school students teaming up with a few University of Pennsylvania Engineering students to create the world’s first hybrid supercar; It sounds like the outline for Disney’s next direct to DVD movie. Although it took them two years to build, if 6 high school students from Philly can pair this kind of performance with fuel economy and alternate energy sources, why can’t the auto industry?