"T i m" wrote in message
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:47:54 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:


1) Make electricity (in this country) mainly burning gas / oil =
pollution.

The Prius can't be re-charged from the mains - it uses its own petrol
engine for this.

I was speaking about electric cars generaly but that's good to know
(out of interest).

4) Use you batteries (for a few hundred cycles and they need changing =
pollution).

And cost some 2000 quid.

My (very low tech) 8 x 6V Crompton
semi-traction monoblocks were £800
20 years ago! ;-(

The Prius batteries are about 2K. No one has bought a set yet, and no one
woprld wide has had a set replaved under the 8 years guarantee. The average
life expectancy is 12 years. So, yiou may even get 14,15 out of them. The
Prious doesn't have a gearbox. See how much it cost to replace an auto
tranny after 12 years. 2-3K.

He only reads ads. And can't understand the concept of energy in and
energy out.

Obviously ;-)

The man is pure idiot.

If you want to know about a Prius, do a Google and it all comes up. Yahoo
have dedicated groups on the Prius. It is also one of the m,most reliable
cars in the world and in the USA was NO.2 in reliability. The driveline is
simple, and very smooth; simpler than a normal engine/auto box. A
management system controls the lot. All cars have these, the Prius has a
bigger one, that's all.