Re: Green vehicles of 2007

I have a relative who got the first off Prius in Toronto and it's still 
going strong on the original batteries.
She drives mostly in the inner city, so the Prius suits her driving 
pattern.

In article <281f$463509c4$54298aa3$18158@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 none <monkey@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> The 1st Prius batteries didn't last that long and where rather heavily
> priced. which meant that replacing them was not really economicly
> viable. hence the 100.000 miles figure.
> 
> in other words outdated info.
> 
> regards,
> 
> M.
> 
> dold@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > In alt.autos.ford Fred G. Mackey <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> Then again, since reading that article, I've seen other sources which

> >> state a Hummer has a life-expectancy of 300,000 miles, but the Prius 
> >> only has a life expectancy of 100,000 miles, which would tip the
scale 
> >> back in favor of the Hummer.
> > 
> > Who would put the life expectancy of a Prius at 100,000 miles?
> > Is that "cars" in general?
> > There are some articles online about the Prius in taxi service that 
> > reference
> > experiences at 250,000+ miles.
> > 
> > The California version of the Prius sold in several states should have
a
> > 15 year / 150,000 mile warranty on many components.
> >