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Old 08-20-2009, 08:04 AM
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That was an interesting article and so were many of the comments made at the end of it. At this point in time, the hybrids are not going to work well up here in the mountains and that 40 miles per charge on a battery which is under ideal conditions is not gong to do well, especially when people start charging them every 30 minutes. We have had rolling brown outs the past 3 years due to lack of electric power, so what happens when they get a lot of those things on the road? I would love to see a replacement for the gasoline engines, but I don't like what I see about the hybrids. If the only driving was in city traffic, then maybe they would work with those expensive batteries but they would still require being recharged every day at least once.

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