I can't stomach That kind of prius drivers, now if your just your average person and wanted a prius well good for you, there's a smuck that drives a white prius around town that has ACTUAL MPG 45 in stickers above his license plate. every time I see that car my blood just boils and I end up flipping him off. But what really makes me laugh is the freeway, I'm not the slowest driver by any means but I've been passed by a prius doing 15 over the speed limit around here on more than one occasion. I ended up laughing so hard I was worried I was going to wreck.
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Originally Posted by RolltideSS
The amount of pollution created when they made that battery (not to mention the pollution made when they had to mine the rare earth metals that go into it) compared to the pollution from making a regular car won't be offset if she drives that Prius for 1,000 miles (which she won't do). Would have been better for the environment to buy a v8 camaro and remove the cats.
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You nailed it on the head man, There's no mention of the pollution created by all these at mining sites for the lithium the battery's need.
or shipping the parts back to the us. I might be mistaken but I believe most of it comes from asia.
and let's not forget the limited life of the batteries, they need to be replaced what every 2-3 years at around 12k a pop.