An Inconvenient Truth & Who Killed the Electric Car - Beyond Tiki

T TikiTikiTavi Member Exotica Joined: Jul 12, 2004 Posts: 121	T TikiTikiTavi Posted posted on Tue, Jul 18, 2006 7:13 PM Haven't seen either movie but IMHO, resale price and battery cost is killing the electric car. This is from Toyota's website http://www.toyota.com/html/shop/vehicles/ravev/rav4ev_0_home/ Check out the last sentence in the third paragraph... "The cost to replace the battery is more than the value of the vehicle." A co-worker told me (unverified) that it costs over $7,000 to replace the batteries in a Toyota Prius. What do you do with all the dead batteries? I like the concept but think there are many bugs that need to be worked out before the public will flock to electric vehicles.

Haven't seen either movie but IMHO, resale price and battery cost is killing the electric car. This is from Toyota's website http://www.toyota.com/html/shop/vehicles/ravev/rav4ev_0_home/

Check out the last sentence in the third paragraph... "The cost to replace the battery is more than the value of the vehicle."

A co-worker told me (unverified) that it costs over $7,000 to replace the batteries in a Toyota Prius. What do you do with all the dead batteries? I like the concept but think there are many bugs that need to be worked out before the public will flock to electric vehicles.

Post #243738 by TikiTikiTavi on Tue, Jul 18, 2006 7:13 PM