The electric motor and 144 volt battery is warranted for 8 years or 80,000
miles.
<Gmlyle@scvnet.com> wrote in message news:3edc133c$1@news.bnb-lp.com...
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> "Brad Grier" <grier@tconl.com> wrote in message
> news:SHQCa.111$Mp6.134934@news.uswest.net...
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> > Why do some people have so much animosity against hybrids?
>
> Not so much animosity as skepticism. A new technology is successful only
if
> it works considerably better than the old technology. Hybrids do show
great
> advantages if you do nothing but stop-and-go driving, but Diesels are
right
> up there with them in overall mileage.
>
> The jury is still out on the longevity of the motors and battery packs.
All
> those fuel savings are for naught _if_ a $1000 repair pops up every three
> years.
>
> If having the latest tech floats your boat, that's great! Someone has to
> work the bugs out for the Luddites among us!
>
> George
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