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Originally Posted by ImBroke
Oh, that's a good one... Wait til the batteries wear out (7 yrs, according to someone I can't remember right now), there's a 1500 bill. Oh, did I forget to mention the VW 45 mpg diesels, versus the 37 mpg Hybrid Accord??
I'll keep the 300D for a while longer.
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The cost of battery replacement would probably be covered by the manufacturer. At least Honda has been pretty good about it. I was mainly referring to the price difference between a diesel and an equivalent gasser, and the price difference between a gas hybrid and an equivalent gasser. The latter is much bigger and it makes it difficult to recoup the extra cost in fuel savings. With diesels it's much easier because the initial cost is lower and diesels and gas hybrids get about the same mileage when comparing similar cars. Having said that, I'm still very interested in
pure electric cars. If the market had something like GM's EV1 of the 90's, I would be very interested. I wouldn't trade in all of my diesels, but I wouldn't mind replacing one or two of them with such a car.