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06-30-2009, 02:15 AM | #257 |
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Better? You mean cost competitive don't you? Anything that cuts oil consumption is "better". tw said so.
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06-30-2009, 08:02 AM | #258 |
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No, not simply cost competitive, but environmentally as well. I'm still not sold on it, but it may be a start.
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06-30-2009, 10:12 AM | #259 |
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Be sure of one thing. The power companies will ensure that any battery developed will need to be recharged regularly and replaced even more regularly. Currently the Prius Batteries are around $15,000 to replace (quoted by my local Toyota dealer). And eventually they all will need to be replaced. The whole electric car thing is a joke if they don't make them last a very long time and go a long way on a single charge.
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Prius replacement batteries are less than $3000, and they have an 8 year warranty on them. The battery packs used in all Prius models are expected to last the life of the car with very little to no degradation in power capability. http://consumerguideauto.howstuffwor...r-wear-cga.htm We noted back in September that Toyota had dropped the price of a new pack a few hundred dollars to $2,299 for model years 2001-2003 and $2,588 for model years 2004-2008. On the Toyota Open Road blog, editor Jon Thompson has written a post on the strength of the Prius batteries after all these years, with at least one example reaching over 400,000 miles of service http://www.autobloggreen.com/2009/01...ies-are-no-bi/ The new prices for the packs are $2,299 for the 2000-2003 model years and $2,588 for the 2004-2008 model years. This is down from a previous price of $2,985 for either model. Toyota said that "technology and volume related advancements" were responsible for the price decrease. ...Toyota is considering - "studying the business case for," as the release puts it - remanufacturing Prius batteries right here in North America as as way to make them even cheaper in the future. http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/09...t-got-cheaper/ |
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Wow, you may have boosted that site a bit. Their "most users ever" was from today at 6:40, as of today at 6:41.
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06-30-2009, 08:16 PM | #264 |
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Or perhaps he could tell you were -->this<-- close to buying a bigass truck with a much higher profit margin, and all you needed was a little justification to push you over the edge.
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06-30-2009, 08:20 PM | #265 |
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Hell, I love my truck. I would buy another one next week. In fact I have considered trading the one I have now in for a new one in next year. Got to have something to pull the boat and trailer.
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If you think Pakistan is bad now. Just wait until 2035.
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And for the next three and a half years, the Obama Administration owns it. Better do something intelligent...
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At least the Pakastani people are waking up to the fact that the Taliban and al qaeda are NOT their friends, and they are beginning to fight back..
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And I find it very hard to believe a salesperson at a Toyota dealership would say that. He would lose a sale. So if what are saying is true, you really should report him. |
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