"Two-Thirds Of Hybrid Buyers Don’t Buy Another One"

[niky]

The payback period is still impractical unless you're driving the hybrid car to the moon and back. A hybrid car can only justify itself when the car has gone astronomical distances... but just to accomplish that same distance, you would probably have replaced every single moving part of the car at least twice over.

Not that long. Versus a brand new regular car of the same capacity... perhaps 500,000 kilometers with no tax breaks. Been a while since I recalculated those figures...

[macstar1]

My best friend, now in the US, drives a hybrid camry and it has all the bells and whistles of a high end camry, plus 40 to 50mpg easy.

Nakaka dalawang hybrid camry na siya since 2008.
Pareho ng trim at color white, Mas maliit na nga lang ang battery sa likod ng 2010 model. Yung 2008 model kasi, parang malaking battery na nilagyan ng gulong.

Pero lease lang ... Ayaw nyang bumili dahil problema pa raw yung battery balang araw. So nag lease siya ng 2008, then soli at lease ng bago 2010.

Pero pag lease kasi, mileage ang binabayaran mo, at may rebate pag di mo nasagad ang mileage when lease expires. So pag long drive na tipong LA to Vegas, yung Toyota Highlander nya ang gamit namin.

[cripple_rooster]

Hybrids in the U.S. just sell because there aren't too many light diesel vehicles available back there. Some diesel cars such as the current Opel Astra 1.3CDTi can get better fuel-efficiency than a Prius with a lower cost.

[macstar1]

Hybrids in the U.S. just sell because there aren't too many light diesel vehicles available back there. Some diesel cars such as the current Opel Astra 1.3CDTi can get better fuel-efficiency than a Prius with a lower cost.

Aside from that, until 2010, hybrid vehicles are allowed to use diamond lanes kahit isa lang ang pasahero... Diamond lanes refer to priority car pool lanes. Pag trapik, puwedeng dumaan dito yung may 2 or more passengers ... Pero pag hybrid, puwede kahit 1 passenger lang.

But as of 2011, di na rin puwede sa diamond lanes ang single passenger na hybrid.
So unti unting nawawalan ng appeal yung hybrid ...
Ang siste, may mga upscale brand na gaya ng Lexus, na nago-offer pa rin ng hybrid, not to save on fuel but to add more power ... Ang lakas kasi ng batak pag hybrid.

[cripple_rooster]

Aside from that, until 2010, hybrid vehicles are allowed to use diamond lanes kahit isa lang ang pasahero... Diamond lanes refer to priority car pool lanes. Pag trapik, puwedeng dumaan dito yung may 2 or more passengers ... Pero pag hybrid, puwede kahit 1 passenger lang.

But as of 2011, di na rin puwede sa diamond lanes ang single passenger na hybrid.
So unti unting nawawalan ng appeal yung hybrid ...
Ang siste, may mga upscale brand na gaya ng Lexus, na nago-offer pa rin ng hybrid, not to save on fuel but to add more power ... Ang lakas kasi ng batak pag hybrid.

No wonder the Chevy Volt is officially classified as an "extended-range electric vehicle", in order to still be allowed in the carpool lanes.

[xthine]

I guess I belong to the 1/3