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elhigh · 04-01-2014, 08:53 AM

[QUOTE=RedDevil;418222]Not that poisonous (it depends on type of course), and it should be recycled anyway.
Having the battery allows the engine to be smaller and still get acceptable performance. I've driven my car with the battery switched off; it makes a big difference.QUOTE]

I don't mean less toxic, I just mean less of it. It isn't like a lead-acid battery is that great for the environment either. But my L-A under the hood weighs less than half what the IMA battery does.

I'm not knocking hybrids at all - I have one, after all - I just think it would have been great if the auto industry could have leaned heavily in the direction of the Swift/Metro, Festiva and Golf paradigm and less toward, f'rinstance, Foresters and Suburbans.

Shoulda, coulda, woulda.

04-01-2014, 08:53 AM	#26 (permalink)
elhigh Master Novice Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: SE USA - East Tennessee Posts: 2,314 Josie - '87 Toyota Pickup 90 day: 29.5 mpg (US) Felicia - '09 Toyota Prius Base 90 day: 49.47 mpg (US) Thanks: 427 Thanked 616 Times in 450 Posts	[QUOTE=RedDevil;418222]Not that poisonous (it depends on type of course), and it should be recycled anyway. Having the battery allows the engine to be smaller and still get acceptable performance. I've driven my car with the battery switched off; it makes a big difference.QUOTE] I don't mean less toxic, I just mean less of it. It isn't like a lead-acid battery is that great for the environment either. But my L-A under the hood weighs less than half what the IMA battery does. I'm not knocking hybrids at all - I have one, after all - I just think it would have been great if the auto industry could have leaned heavily in the direction of the Swift/Metro, Festiva and Golf paradigm and less toward, f'rinstance, Foresters and Suburbans. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. __________________ Lead or follow. Either is fine.