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Old 01-28-2012, 12:39 PM   #71 (permalink)
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There are Prii batteries with over 300K miles on them. The Leaf battery is warrantied for 100K miles, and it will probably last a lot longer than that.

The YASA 750 motor has peak efficiency of 94%, and the Remy is also 94% peak efficiency .

Electric motors do not need warm up.

Electric motors don't idle.

You can get regenerative energy back into the battery, instead of heating the brakes.

Electric motors don't need oil changes.

Electricity can come from several different renewable sources, which will be available for the next billion years or so.

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