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Cassandra
I got this 2008 Toyota Prius last week and I want to know how often does the hybrid battery have to be replaced and an approximately how much it would cost to get a new one
Answer
The Toyota reps in this section will tell you it almost never needs replacing but that is not true. You replace it when your gas mileage drops.
Now for the bad news. Everyone buys it thinking it is cheap to operate BUT it isn't even on the top 10 list of cars with lowest operating costs over 3 years. Proof here: http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1442/cheap-dates-the-10-least-expensive-cars-to-own/
Sell it and buy something on the top ten list if savings is your goal.
Edit:
Toyota reps love to give me thumbs down and deny what I say but the proof is in the link, they hate truth and now you see they will deny truth to sell cars.
Do you want to buy a car from a company that will willingly deceive you ??
The Toyota reps in this section will tell you it almost never needs replacing but that is not true. You replace it when your gas mileage drops.
Now for the bad news. Everyone buys it thinking it is cheap to operate BUT it isn't even on the top 10 list of cars with lowest operating costs over 3 years. Proof here: http://autos.yahoo.com/articles/autos_content_landing_pages/1442/cheap-dates-the-10-least-expensive-cars-to-own/
Sell it and buy something on the top ten list if savings is your goal.
Edit:
Toyota reps love to give me thumbs down and deny what I say but the proof is in the link, they hate truth and now you see they will deny truth to sell cars.
Do you want to buy a car from a company that will willingly deceive you ??
What ever happened to hydrogen powered cars?
ROFLsaucer
In 2007 and 2008 there was all this news and now nothing.
In know Honda and Chevy where planning on making one and i believe BMW actually made one.
Its seems like there focus now is hybrids.
I was planning on holding off on buying a new car until they were released but it looks like hydrogen cars aren't coming any time soon.
Will hydrogen fuel cell cars ever come?
Answer
The are not cost effective at this time. Without having most of electricity gennerated by alternative energy, theer really is no point.
There is no abundant natural source of hydrogen fuel, It has to be made from natural gas, or by electrolysis using electricity.
So for the most part, we use hydrogen like a battery, for energy storage.
Half of the electricty in the United States is generated by coal. So, like an electric car, it would be mostly powered by fossil fuels at this time.
The are not cost effective at this time. Without having most of electricity gennerated by alternative energy, theer really is no point.
There is no abundant natural source of hydrogen fuel, It has to be made from natural gas, or by electrolysis using electricity.
So for the most part, we use hydrogen like a battery, for energy storage.
Half of the electricty in the United States is generated by coal. So, like an electric car, it would be mostly powered by fossil fuels at this time.
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