| [GMCnet] Lithium ion house batteries [message #220436] |
Thu, 29 August 2013 22:24  |
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I concur. Sharon purchased a 2010 Prius when they were first available. Likely the most trouble free and satisfying vehicle we have ever owned - battery assisted or not. She now is looking at the 2013 Avalon which gets a very real, everyday driving, 40 MPG because it is quieter on the very noisy large rock roads in Southern Oregon. Even thought her drive profile is far from ideal, she has averaged 49.6 MPG from the day she took possession with the Prius. Toyota, not our government, made the investments that have made Tesla so successful (off set credits or not) and which led one major rating service to say it is,the best car they ever rated independent of how it is powered. No pipe dream here, just real world fact from a real world buyer.
Remember, there is a night and day difference between the lithium ion battery technology you hear referenced in the press (fires, etc.) and the other lithium battery technologies that are being used elsewhere. They are not the same and do not have the same characteristics at all. There also is a world of difference between the actively managed battery technologies used in cars like the Tesla from the passively managed battery technology used in the Leaf. Apple and oranges even though the press refers to them as being one in the same.
Jerry
Jerry Work
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Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:33:34 -0500
From: dave silva <admin@oldrv.net>
Subject: Re: [GMCnet]
Lithium ion house batteries
To: gmclist@temp.gmcnet.org
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The tax credit on hybrids went away in 2010. It put a lot of early prius' on the road. Now they are one their own and the credit has moved to all-electric and plugin hybrids.
Hybrids are fantastic technology. I think it was worth my tax dollars to help it get critical mass.
I have a 06 Hybrid that i bought used (no tax credit) and it is proving to be the cheapest car i ever owned. (80,000 trouble free miles)
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Dave & Ellen Silva
1972 Revcon Olds 455, toro drive train. All Stock
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