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My point is, you still need gas for a hybrid. 160,000 KM down the road, you gonna buy a new battery or trade it in? Trade-in value on a 160,000 km vehicle that needs a 7000 dollar battery? When they can eliminate gasoline, then I'll look a bit harder into it. My wife's car gets 50 mph, it's Jetta TDI, diesel. A Toyota Camry with a 4 cylinder gets 35. The technology is there to do away with gasoline altogether, hybrids are a temporary go between until then. Assuming that ever happens, after all, the U.S. has done a lot of things in order to secure oil and Exxon keeps recording record profits. Hybrids are a way to appease the disenchanted , seemingly eco-friendly caucasian. Another marketing tool, a gimmick.
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