"Edgar" wrote in
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Even if the dial on the dashboard is set to indicate 'recharge' when
the battery falls to, say, 70%, people out on the road are going to
discover that you can go on driving for quite a while after this so
the battery is likely to go much lower than planned on many occasions.
Current advertisements suggest battery life will be about 5 years but
I suspect this is optimistic for reason above.
When a large and complex battery needs replacing, say after 5 years,
the way auto spares are priced will ensure that it will be more
sensible to buy a new car and start afresh rather than spending as
much as a 5 year old car is worth in order to renew its battery. And
do not forget there is sure to be an 'environmental' charge to safely
dispose of the toxic substances in the old battery.



The outrageous cost of hybrid car battery replacement, beyond the car
company's masking warranty, will ensure these cars have near zero resale
value if the used car buyer is staring at a $4000 battery pack replacement
in the face in the used car lot. This must make new car dealers simply
elated. The ultimate used car is one that is worthless at the end of the
payment book. Hybrids will be the ultimate used car.

So, you actually save nothing buying a hybrid exoticar noone but a
$150/hour dealer jacking up parts prices 500% can repair. You either keeps
swapping cars, which is just STUPID at these outrageous car prices.....or
pay thousands and thousands at some point for a battery pack it MUST have!

It's why I'm driving diesel Mercedes cars, even if they weren't running on
free fuel from Chinese restaurants.....(c;]

UPS trucks are diesels for a reason, you know.....None of them are hybrids
or electric. Ask yourself why....

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Larry
You can tell there's very intelligent life in the Universe
because none of them have ever tried to contact us.....