Who killed the electric car?

Originally Posted by Tritoch

It's actually quite the opposite for me. I drive a 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid, and provided the freeway isn't going up a mountain my mileage is worlds better than what a combustion engine gets. The trick is just learning to drive so that you spend a good amount of the time coasting whenever you can. Most time on the freeway is spent with my battery charging rather than draining.

On the other hand, all the stop and go traffic with city driving requires the battery to have to kick in without much opportunity to charge back up. Even then my gas mileage is 2-3 times better than it was with an Oldsmobile.

The point was that hybrids get worse mileage on the freeway than they do in town. Not a comparison between the hybrid and a more standard car.

How ya doing, buddy?

Hybrids are good, and are only slightly more expensive than a comparable normal car. But they are more expensive to repair, and there is more things that can break down on them. This is another chicken-egg issue though, as if they were more popular parts would be cheaper.

There's nowhere I can't reach.