| ootyboy |
Here is short article from Motor Trend on the RX330. I guess I was wrong in the milage, it is only 26 to 35. Check it out
http://www.motortrend.com/features/news/112_news39/
Neide -- I am not sure where you got your $8,000 figure for a fuel cell car, but if they are selling I am buying. My guess is you are talking either about electrical or propane conversions. Here is the link to the $1,000,000 fuel cell car built by Honda and Toyota. Again, it is the Platinum that costs so much! If you get it for $8,000 I am in, as I am sure both Honda and Toyota will contact you for supplies!
http://www.businessweek.com/magazin...51/b3813084.htm |
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| vicpai |
.......26mpg city and 35mpg highway is NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE to me. I was expecting more like around 30 to 32 mpg city and around 38-40mpg highway..........However, if the cost of the hybrid over the regular vehicle is nominal (say $1500 to $2000) it would be acceptable. .....Even this is not the BIG issue. What is substantially more important is the LONGEVITY of the hybrid.
One would have to be totally STUPID to buy a hybrid vehicle which will need BATTERY REPLACEMENTS at 100,000 miles at a HUGE COST .......Another EXTREMELY IMPORTANT factor is BAD RESALE VALUE.......The huge battery costs combined with the complexity of the hybrid system would render resale values down the tubes :eek:
So, in effect, for hybrids to make sense: Replacement batteries would have to be DIRT CHEAP, and the warranties on the hybrid system will have to be phenomenal (something like 10 year/150,000 miles on the hybrid portion of the vehicle) |
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| jonnygoodboy |
Any vehicle that increases the amount of batteries (e.g., electric vehicle or some hybrids) has to be looked at carefully to determine if it's really "green" or not. Batteries are basically toxic. Disposing of batteries is anti-green. You need to weigh the battery disposal versus the decrease/elimination of pollutants at the tailpipe.
For electric vehicles, just because pollutants don't come out the tailpipe doesn't mean they don't pollute.
Besides the battery, an all-electric vehicle may pollute due to the source of its electricity (e.g., coal-burning power plant). |
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| dvilla |
There's no stopping now on the 'bright' future of the hybrid cars and trucks. The fast face of technology advancement will address the issue of battery life in time for the next redesign of the X.
I'm looking forward to driving the next generation of 'hybrid' X.
Here's another article about this subject:
http://www.motortrend.com/features/news/112_news25/ |
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