One of the issues with cars is the ownership. Once we get autonomous cars with subscription based ownership the issue with what to do with batteries will become less painful. For the time being, in terms of the 1 car to 1 person model, petrol cars are still a few years ahead.
Not sure what that means? Toyota hybrid batteries?
Raises an interesting point. I do care but at the same time its not only rich advanced civilisations that destroy or change the environment. I think there are plenty of examples of primitive cultures that have eaten all manner of things to extinction (eg. Aust megafauna) or have radically changed the landscape (like through the use of fire).
Yep, not worth keeping a Toyota Prius when it gets old because of a dead battery even though the car itself is still mechanically sound.
This because using recycled batteries is not mandatory, or costed as such.
Buying a Tesla Model 3 doesn't mitigate anything. Which is my point.
Not looked into locally, I do know it’s economic to rescue old Priuie in the US with reco packs.
In case anyone was wondering. The 12v battery in a Prius just turns the electronics on. The ICE is turned over by the motor battery. If the motor battery is dead the ICE cant be started. Dead motor battery = dead car.
Mitigation is avoidance of the problem. As opposed to adaptation.
I said that ages ago on here but it can't be cheap to the environment to manufacturer a complete car for the sake of a battery pack. I can't remember what the age limit is but cab companies are require to update their car every so many years and you end with all these Priuses that when the battery goes on them they end up at the wreckers or scrap metal yards.
My understanding from talking to cabbies here and in the US using hybrid toyotas is that the batteries are not a weak point. Apart from failures due to abuse or manufacturing faults, they last the life of even taxis.
Nah, not buying it. I need some facts, outcomes, goals.
Hmmm. What am I missing? Can’t stay with ICE as it’s got nowhere to go for emissions reductions. EVs do.
The new generation Prius is a lot better than the first I've been told. Cab drivers get a lot of miles out of them but the cars are well serviced, most decent cab companies have a complete stock of replacement parts that wear out all the time and battery packs are one.
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Sorry, I think that’s a sport reference?