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There is an excellent article written by Art Kernshaw on the Car Lounge Site about fuel mileage, hybrids and other interesting items. Continue on page 3 in the link and there is an article about two of our BITOG Sponsors, Dyson Analysis and LC/FP.

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[michaelc80]

That is an exceptionally well written article.

 

[439SW]

Great article!

I've been looking for an excuse not to buy a hybrid, now I have one. Thanks.

 

[Bobert]

Essentially you'll never recoup your money invested in the hybrid, since the batteries will cost $3000 bucks every 100,000 miles.

I'm sure there are tax incentives and you could work the numbers a little different to somehow justify the purchase. But looking at $3000 to replace the batteries just sucks. Especially if you planned on taking the car out to 250,000 miles, which would mean two battery replacements for a total of $6000. And for those who think the battery replacement costs will come down in the next few years...don't count on it.

Anyone want to buy a used Prius with say 96k on the clock?

 

[JavaMan]

$3000.00 for 100,000 miles. Does that come out to 3 cents a mile or $1.50 for every 50 miles in battery cost?