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原帖由 Hyde 於 2008-8-8 03:33 發表
there are lots of hybrid taxi driven over 500k km already using the original battery

that's because taxi is ALWAYS on the road, how often do they have to start up their engines and how long do they usually drive?

just like a tradition gasoline engine powered engine, we probably have to change battery every 3 to 8 years, have seen 30k to 130k, simply because of driving habits ~ some ppl does too many short trip driving, like i know a mom who doesn't go far, 5 years she got 30k and she always start it up drives 3km to drop off her child, then start it up drives another 3km to go home; she rarely goes further than metrotown but she takes her child to tutoring after school, this and that; grocery shopping almost every other day to keep the food "fresh" yet they are all short trip driving, the battery didn't last her very long (less than 30k)...

see the guy in the news didn't drive his car for 3 weeks, he is not even a weekly driver!

plus u spend easily $5k more to buy a hybrid compares to a regular gasoline car, u can almost only go back to the dealer for service, paying dunno how much more than gasoline engine; then if sth goes in couple years, u probably have to pay more to repair it too! I think i have read somewhere Lexus RX400h ain't that enviornment friendly because they made that stupid car way too heavy and in practical daily stop and go traffic it's not that much of a gas saver!