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Originally Posted by hayden55
The only issue I see with pure electric cars over HEVs is that the battery will need to be replaced in both. Buying a $2500 battery from Toyota to put in my prius when it goes out in probably 15 years /250k of use isn't bad. But it seems like the EV's get around the same life except an EV with tolerable range will be more like a 50kW battery. Which will be around $15,000 all with diy replacement considered. Considering how little monies you save in a brand new model 3 over a lowly prius, I forsee a lot less used cars being on the road in 20 years.
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I recently saw someone saying "You may want everyone to drive an EV, but an EV battery is 6 times as big as a hybrid battery, so you can make 6 times as many hybrids, and there aren't enough batteries to go around."
I just wish that you could still drive hybrids once the battery is dead.
You may hate it and only get 10 MPG, but at least you don't need to replace the whole car.