Brake pads in a Prius last 3 times longer or more than a conventional car because of regenerative braking.
I find the lack of electric car development frustrating, no I don't expect engineering miracles where a battery powered car can completely replace a gas burner currently. But the conspiracy theorist in me wonders how much "big oil" influence is stagnating the development. If every car was electric powered, an entire industry would essentially become obsolete, think of the amount of replacement parts that would no longer be needed, it's staggering.
We do have the Volt, but it's too expensive for what it offers which is why the Pruis outsells it probably 100:1. Speaking of the Prius, Toyota is taking their sweet time on a plugin version, apparently for safety reasons, lithium-ion batteries can be extremely dangerous.
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