[at-l] Non-AT OT Hybrid Cars

[jestbill at yahoo.com (william fitzpatrick)]

--- RoksnRoots@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
>               A follow up on a previous OT:
> 
> 
>            Woolsey said on CNN that additional supplemental plug-in batteries
> 
> added to popular hybrid cars will add extra mileage at a cost equivalent to 
> 15 to 25 cents per gallon of gasoline. Pretty good savings when gas is 2 
> dollars a gallon. NY Times said the cost for the extra batteries was 2-3
> thousand 
> dollars. Critics said this requires the batteries to charge and drain rapidly
> - 
> which is not good for them. California converters said they are sometimes 
> averaging 100mpg + and have gone 100 miles on batteries alone...
> 
>        Toyota is upset because it went to lengths to sell the cars as never 
> needing to be plugged in...
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All that means is that the cost of recharging (price of electricity) is much
lower than the cost of the gasoline.  Likely the difference is mostly taxes.

Since highways are often financed with gasoline taxes, that difference will
have to go away if many people make the switch.  In fact, if average gas
mileage goes up dramatically for any reason, gasoline taxes will have to rise
or highway building will have to fall. 
TAANSTAFL.

JestBill  Ga--->Me '03


		
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