"Steve Firth" wrote in message
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Matty F wrote:

On Sep 16, 8:45 pm, Huge wrote:
On 2007-09-16, Matty F wrote:

In addition if the batteries can be charged overnight, I won't need
to
use *any* petrol at all for most of my driving.

... showing a deep and fundamental misunderstanding of the concept of
"total
cost of ownership", particularly from the environmental point of view.

I'm talking about "my driving" in New Zealand where the majority of
electric power is generated from rivers and wind and geothermal
energy.

Indeed current mutterings about Prius battery life leave a
suspicion that the battery issue will become very apparent within a few
years.

An 8 years guarantee on the battery and transmission unit. Isn't that fab!