The only advantage with electric cars is that they do not spew emissions in the middle of the cities. However, the more we convert energy from one form to another, the more energy is lost. Electric cars are not quite energy efficient. Now I don't want to get started with the amount of hazardous chemicals used to make batteries, and how the disposal of used batteries harm the environment.
People's gimmicks sometimes blow over my head.
i have read all your argument and you are making absolutely no point or you lack knowledge.
only yusuf and VIP is talking sense on this thread.
let me tell you something about hybrid cars and electric cars from a real person. hybrid cars is not just always about emissions.
i own/have owned many cars. i own toyota prius V too and my cousin have chevy volt. although prius beats chevy volt hands down from all angels including cost to own.
lets take 3 cars for example, i bring my camry and prius and my cousin brings his chevy volt into the equation.
i bought my prius for $25,700 (on road price).
and camry for $24,000 approx.
my camry give me 20-24 miles per gallon in city and upto 33 miles in highway driving
prius gives me 52-55 approx miles per gallon in city and 40-45 miles in highway driving
now volt gives us 40-43 miles just by using battery power. we charge the battery during the night and we are good for 40 miles(just like we charge cell phones). enough to do home-office-home every day. if we are on long drive then gas engine kicks in after 40 miles and gas engine merely charges battery. volt can hold upto 9 gallons. so in the long drive volt can gives me 385 miles (620 km).
i do atleast 50 miles every day to do home-office-home trip.
in dfw 1 gallon of gas(fuel/petrol) = 3.25$
so my camry needs 2+ gallons to make that trip (total fuel cost is 6.50$ dollars per day)
prius needs less than 1 gallon to make that trip (total fuel cost is 3.25$ dollars per day)
volt does not need gas to travel less than 40 miles so lets say it may need 0.2 gallons of gas (total cost is about a dollar per day including fuel and electric bill to charge the car during the night.)
so if i go-to office 5 days a week then
camry = 6.50 x 5 = 32.5$ for fuel
prius = 3.25 x 5 = 16.25$ for fuel
volt = less than 5 dollars per week :evil:
each month have 4 weeks so my every month fuel expenditure is.....
then
camry = 32.5 x 4 = 130$ :scared:
prius = 16.25 x 4 = 65$
volt... well = 20-25$ only
so you see, my operation cost of is half of the regular conventional cars. i haven't included other driving variables like like going to groceries shop or hanging out with friends etc.
advantages of hybrid electric car
* hybrid cars are super quiet. you won't even know if your engines are on or off. rides is very comfy
* zero emission or almost zero emission
* longer engine life due to less gas engine parts
* very cost effective
in prius, 1 battery life is enough to go 80,000 miles(1,28,747 Km) or good for 5 years. and replacement cost is 1200-1500$ (could be wrong)
i do not know much about volts battery life.
cost and carbon foot print to make and recycle 1 such battery once every 5 years is very very very less compared to oil and various lubricants that we put in our regular cars every month.
although it looks like volts gives better mileages, the truth is very different. if you are not going to do more than 40 miles every day then volt is the right choice or else u may need prius.
i am actively looking to sell my camry and my get my hands on nissan leaf or chevy volt.
