[Uversabound]

I have prayed that the electric car would go the way of the Edsel. My neighbor bragged about his until low and behold 5 years later it sits in their yard because they cannot afford the new battery.

Its not a matter of being against electric cars but we know they make a lot more waste product in their production and then where do the used batteries go? Is that another form of polution.

[21twelve]

$3,000 for a battery replacement for a Prius - ouch.

But - you DO make up for it in the fuel savings I imagine over the course of those 5-7 years. Of course, that’s probably what they were thinking when they bought the expensive car in the first place. “Well, yes - it is way more than a similar gasoline car, but just think of all the money we’ll save!”

[nascarnation]

Non emitting cars (at least by state definition) are MANDATED by California and the Northeast States Compact. In INCREASING percentages of the total sold as the years go by.

So they definitely aren’t going away unless laws change.

[Iron Munro]

My neighbor bragged about his until low and behold 5 years later it sits in their yard because they cannot afford the new battery.

Somehow some people became convinced that Obama-Cars had surpassed natural law and had battery plants that wouldn't wear out like all the other battery powered devices they had ever owned or used.

Just because progressives defy man's law doesn't mean they can defy natural law.

[piytar]

[W]here do the used batteries go? Is that another form of polution.

Yup, and a very nasty one. Counting the pollution created during manufacturing and battery disposal, electric cars are in fact FAR more toxic to the environment than gas vehicles IMHO.