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Mark Borgerson

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"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....

I'd rather ask why you didn't check with UPS before writing that:

"Hybrid Electric Vehicles
UPS has researched and tested hybrid electric technology since 1998. In
2000, the company deployed a hybrid electric vehicle in its Huntsville,
Ala. operations on a 31-mile route, making 150 pickups and deliveries
each day. UPS deployed a second-generation HEV that operated in
Kalamazoo, Mich. for several months during 2004. In 2007, UPS deployed
50 third-generation hybrid electric vehicles in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston
and Phoenix.

The company is in the process of deploying 50 third-generation hybrid
electric vehicles. These vehicles promise a 45 percent improvement in
fuel economy over the vehicles they are replacing. The 50 vehicles are
expected to collectively reduce fuel consumption by 44,000 gallons
annually. These trucks will reduce CO2 by 457 metric tons annually. UPS
recently announced an order for 200 hybrid electric vehicles - the
largest commercial order of such trucks by any company. The new HEVs
will be deployed in 2009 and are expected to save 176,000 gallons of
fuel and reduce CO2 emissions by 1,786 metric tons each year. "

http://www.pressroom.ups.com/mediaki...05,879,00.html

Mark Borgerson