Marc wrote:

> Batteries are expected to have a useful life of 8+ years and the
> manufacturers are not concerned with the car's usefulness beyond the
> batteries' warranty period.

So the whole car is supposed to be scrapped after 8 years? Hmmm - for
those whose reason for excitment for the hybrids is "the environment",
did anybody do an impact analysis on the environment of that kind of
entire-vehicle life cycle?

Bill Putney
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