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Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Fibb222, May 8, 2008.

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patsparks An Aussie perspective

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With batteries that are now currently available, and at non-fabulous prices, electric vehicles are not the highway cruisers that Patsparks desires. But still, they might provide urban transport solutions for a very large number of vehicle users. I wish there were more of them available.

For the long-legged runs, the energy density of gasoline still tops the batteries. And if you are going to burn petrol, why not get the most out of it with a hybrid?
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Please don't get me wrong, I would love an affordable electric car with a 100 to 150km range in metro traffic to hit the market here and I would buy one to replace one of our cars as soon as I could scrape the money together, I just don't see a direct comparison between petrol and electric powered vehicles. I think it will be a very long time before electric cars have near 50% of the market because people like to go away from home sometimes.

#21 patsparks, May 15, 2008

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