Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: >On Sun, 6 Aug 2006, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > >> interior, excellent ride and handling, and good power for normal > >Thanks for this, maybe things have changed, as mid-range Toyotas were >not famed for these aspects up until 5 yrs ago that I last bought a >car. > >> car which otherwise satisfies my needs well. The fact that it uses >> less fuel than most others with its performance/quality makes me feel >> good about being environmentally friendly as well. > >Has anyone (including Toyota's marketing dept) studied the >environmental effect of the construction and disposal of the batteries >in these vehicles? What is their life expectancy (the batteries' not >Toyota's marketing dept. :-)) and what are options for recycling or >reuse?
Yes, people have studied this. The environmental "price" of making the car is greater than that of a normal car, but it doesn't take that long for the fuel efficiency and low emissions to make up for it. They don't know yet what a "typical" battery life is yet, as the technology has only been on the market since 1997 (in Japan - it's been in the US since 2001) but I believe the battery is warranted for 8 or 10 years and is recyclable :) -- Mark Roberts Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
