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Many. It depends on how you drive it. If you drive a e92 BMW M3 and a Prius non-stop at 50MPH, the BMW will get 15+ MPG more than the Prius.
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Right. If you compare apples to oranges. Let's try the M3 on a typical city commute. IF you are going around a race track all day, then yeah, I wouldn't drive a Prius.
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Then there is the guy at Shaganappi who wanted me to think Hybrid because he gets 100 km more in a Hybrid than he does in a normal Malibu. The Hybrid costs what, $10k more? (I'm not sure), sorry but it isn't worth it.
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It certainly is an investment and a sacrifice. Economically, hybrids are a wash at best. Which is why you need some other incentives to get people to buy them.
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And for the record, in the long run a Hybrid is more wasteful to the environment than a normal car is. Where do they get the batteries for the car from?
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Again, searching for ways to tell people trying to do something for the environment that they are a bunch of stupid-ass hypocrites.
However, Toyota is working very hard to ensure that every nickle based battery in the Prius is recycled, reducing the amount that needs to be mined. They are also investing heavily into producing longer lasting lithium batteries. But I'm not exactly sure why. The lambasting that the hybrid cars are getting now really destroys the market and nobody will want to buy them.
The Chevy Volt already is using lithium ion. Would you say that it is better for the environment than a traditional car? Or are we going to find a way to call the people that buy them a bunch of idiots too?