what r the advantages and disadvantages to using a hybrid car??
March 18, 2010 by Mixture Car
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Advantages:
-Better for the environment
-MUCH better gas mileage, therefore less money spent on gas in the long run
Disadvantage:
-High initial investment
Just for the record..
On a thread like this, there is going to be the inevitable post from some idiot who thinks hybrid batteries need to be replaced every three years for $5000 a piece.
The truth is that every new hybrid car currently sold in the United States carries an 8-year / 100,000-mile warranty on the hybrid battery and electronics. If it breaks before the warranty expires, the car maker has to replace it for you FREE.
And by the way, these batteries are recyclable. Toyota will actually pay you a $600 bounty to return a hybrid battery for recycling if you decide to junk your Toyota hybrid at the end of its service life.
Some people will also say hybrids are “too new.” It’s not. The first Toyota Prius went on sale in Japan in 1997: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Prius
The technology has been around for more than 10 years and has proven to be reliable.
Some people also think a hybrid car needs more maintainance. That is false. For instance, a lot of hybrids use features such as regenerative braking to save wear on brake pads. A Prius does not need a brake job until 100,000 miles because of this. (Not a typo).
As far as I’m concerned, the only real disadvantage of a hybrid vehicle is the initial cost, but even then some hybrids qualify for tax credits that negate the extra cost, such as the Ford Escape Hybrid, which qualifies for a $3000 rebate from Uncle Sam: http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=176409,00.html
Just a pre-emptive post.