El_Freddo wrote:Wow, can of worms opened on the electric debate. My point: Production to destruction plus what ever is used in between the petrol engine comes out just a little worse than the hybrid electric - provided the hybrid electric doesn't need a battery change on an average life span of 120k km - which I also think it BS!
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Bennie
Yeah thats a bit like my concrete walls - I build them using concrete (obviously) and Polystyrene (made from petroleum oils) two fo the most environmentally unfriendly products on the face of the planet.
But the homes I was building were THE greenest houses you can build due to the ongoing lower energy costs and the longecity of the structure - rated for 100yrs + where most houses are lucky to last 50.
So the moral of this is don't take things on face value.
Which getting back on topic means even though it may be a Toyota and only have skinny tyres and skinny power output it seems to be more than the sum of its parts.
I think it reminds me of an affordable Lotus Elise. For what it is it gets a big thumbs up from me.
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