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Old 09-17-2012, 11:02 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Its very easy for me to make a 5 mile trip and end up driving 150 miles. Id have to return home and trade vehicles if I had purchased a leaf or some ev like vehicle. I guess that is where the volt comes in?
Yep, or the PHEV Prius, or C-Max Energi, or the soon to be PHEV Accord or Fusion Energi... Thankfully the choices are growing.


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I am leaving then on the trunk deck. This car is going to be my all year round car, including nasty winters so I want the batteries sealed from the elements.
Ah, I'm guessing you don't have a welder where you could just make a box and weld it into the chassis where the gas tank or spare tire well was.

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