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<blockquote data-quote="scratch" data-source="post: 303636" data-attributes="member: 1674"><p>Browniehound, I'm not claiming to be an expert, but the big problem with the current hybrid electric/gas cars is the battery. A few months ago, I looked into buying a Ford Escape Hybrid, but the supply was running out and they would not take any orders. The company building that suitcase size 330 volt battery that is under the rear floorboard can't keep up with production on them. My brother works at a GM plant where they used to build the Chevy S-10 pickups. They had an experimental all electric version that would spin the front wheels it was so fast. But the bed was full of batteries and it would only get about fifty miles on a charge. My local power company, Georgia Power, actually put a few of these in their fleet, but they were deemed too impractical and discontinued them. Somehow, Toyota has managed to build a sufficient number of these drive trains to put a lot of Priuses on the road. The carbon footprint you are referring to is the amount of energy it takes to build the batteries. This technology, along with the hydrogen fuel cells, will improve with time and mass production will bring down the cost. I'm all for nuclear energy too, we need to start right now building more plants to keep up with energy demands.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scratch, post: 303636, member: 1674"] Browniehound, I'm not claiming to be an expert, but the big problem with the current hybrid electric/gas cars is the battery. A few months ago, I looked into buying a Ford Escape Hybrid, but the supply was running out and they would not take any orders. The company building that suitcase size 330 volt battery that is under the rear floorboard can't keep up with production on them. My brother works at a GM plant where they used to build the Chevy S-10 pickups. They had an experimental all electric version that would spin the front wheels it was so fast. But the bed was full of batteries and it would only get about fifty miles on a charge. My local power company, Georgia Power, actually put a few of these in their fleet, but they were deemed too impractical and discontinued them. Somehow, Toyota has managed to build a sufficient number of these drive trains to put a lot of Priuses on the road. The carbon footprint you are referring to is the amount of energy it takes to build the batteries. This technology, along with the hydrogen fuel cells, will improve with time and mass production will bring down the cost. I'm all for nuclear energy too, we need to start right now building more plants to keep up with energy demands. [/QUOTE]
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