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Originally Posted by Familyman 90
Lets hope you dont need to pay out for a new engine in your car and someone else doesn't pop up with such pathetic schadenfreude.
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Point is I could replace the complete car cheap enough. That option is removed with a totally electric car. Ask yourself this, would you buy a second hand internal combustion engined vehicle that has a problem with fuel use, or an electric one with power production fault that can only be solved by a battery replacement ?? That in itself is a serious wallet wacker. Also range is crap, if I want to go from Leeds to London, then I would have to stop at least once for a full recharge and the same on way back, all adding extra time to the day. At present Ican jump into my internal combustion engined box and get straight there and back without stopping , and that includes having headlights on and heater and wipers and rear demist (which folk tend to leave on), and heated seats. Try that with an EV whilst sat in a ten mile motorway traffic jam !! So to summarise, they are not worth it, hybrids yes, and the way forward is to push hydrogen forwards more. As someone has said, it is the VHS vBetamax scenario, and in that battle the best one lost due to major manufacturers picking the wrong one to promote.