I know Prius owners that love them. My point is that hybrids are not for everyone. In my case, the batteries would be a concern if warranty is 10 years/100,000 miles I'd come up 40,000 miles short in 10 years. Prius, I rode in had one surprise. While the cars are quiet on the outside, it appeared to have a lot of road noise on the inside.
It takes foreknowledge of places you've never been before.
Boomer retirees aren't a market?
People who don't ride seem to think we can ride forever plus a day on a tank of fuel. I've had four bikes so far. The largest is the current one, a Suzuki Volusia, 805cc. All four of those got around 45 mpg. It has a four gallon tank. A lot of bikes seem to have smaller tanks. That's usually ok. I need to get off to stretch anyhow.
I think there was a sign on Highway 6 east of Denver, CO long ago. It was on the border. It said something like "Last gas before Denver".
Enough smarts to not get overextended.
No, not rocking char bound boomers. I have no great wants to be a homebody when I retire (did it once, didn't like it).
more than admitting the vehicle can never go far unless you have chargers along the way.
my best friend converted his 66 jeep and 68 impala in 1972 to dual fuel, gasoline OR CNG it works great and the exhaust is super clean.....
since the USA has lots of natural gas the feds should encourage dual fuel vehicles in a big way with big tax breaks.
to decrease crude oil imports.
how so? it makes the all electric vehicle typically used for around town easy to plug into a tiny trailer for long term trips. owner could buy trailer or rent it for occasional use..
and since very little electric is generated by burning crude oil, around here its nuclear, coal and natural gas.
anything that uses less crude oil / gasoline is less $$ given to the arabs who hate us.......
I've never seen an unlimited range car yet. After about 300 miles, I have to fill my gastank.
--scott
During the day the power grid is used a lot, but after work, evenings nights and weekends the power grid as lots of extra capacity:)
People could charge their vehicles at nght, at off peak rates.
Correction...I pay .34 cents a KWH since they put the remote scanner on my meter. Ive not run a welder or machine tool for 2 months..yet they claim I used 1034 KWHr. All my lights are CFLs or florescents and I have a gas stove, and gas drier.
The methodology of the left has always been:
That was my wife's complaint. She also said the car didn't have enough weight to feel safe in.
If you read the article, the batteries are lasting much longer than expected and, according to the article, refurbished battery packs can be had for $1400. Just don't buy a battery from the dealer.
I'd love to have a Prius but I have a 98 Tacoma that will probably last longer than me. Also, I don't have $25k to spend.
Not necessarily. Read the article I posted. They are well built cars.
I did that long ago. It is truly (or it was then!) less than ten cents per hour.
Shhh, don't tell anyone, but at the other end of the wire there is a huge coal burning generator spewing all sorts of stuff into the air.
What we really need is a tiny nuke plant to power a car. Hey, it works for aircraft carriers so just scale it down.
Power companies are trying to get us to reduce consumption so they do not have to build new plants. How many lightbulbs must be destroyed to power a Volt for a shopping trip?
Another bloomin' idiot heard from.
Why? If it makes sense, people will do it on their own. Why should their neighbors pay for it?
Drill, baby, drill.
A trailer? Really? You really are going some to prove just how stupid you are tonight.
With coal being forced into oblivion by your fearless leader. But so what? Electricity is a particularly dumb mobile power source. Convert everything else possible away from oil, though. It's cheaper.
Do *DRILL*. Good Lord. THINK!
...and come home from work in the morning. Nice idea, dolt.
I did read the article. It's written by someone who already had the solution. IOW, it's propaganda.
Pay for a house that drives 40 miles a day and then rent a car to drive out of town. That car would have been almost ok in my job in the bay area - 47 miles one way after the 4th company. I might have been able to put in a watt meter at work and run up a monthly bill. But good grief.
Martin
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