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Originally Posted by Rochard
Seems to me the electric car isn't ready for prime time yet. If I can't drive 400 miles on one charge then it's worthless because from time to time I drive down to SoCal.
On top of that, if I have to drop $6k on new batteries every five years, well, then it's not going to be worth it for most of us.
My mother has an Escape Hybrid, and I must admit it's interesting to drive at slower speeds when the motor is off.
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I had one of these for 2+ years did about 36,000 miles drove about 40 miles a day to and from my business on flat roads doing 65-70 mph most of the time. Averaged 24 mpg and it cost me $8,800 more than the standard non hybrid Escape. The batteries are supposed to last for 10 years. I had a faulty ignition switch which would not let me turn the engine off so i drove it to a Ford dealer who took 4 hours to locate how to switch off the batteries and 5 days to replace the switch.
If this is Hybrid technology you can keep it
