Comment Re:Answers (Score 1) 245
Well it is relatively "cheap" now. Companies like CalCars and the like are modding Hybrids for 8-20k a pop. That's on a case by case basis. If they mass produced them, which Toyota will do with the Prius by 2010, it should become affordable for a fair amount of Americans anyway.
The Candian company HyMotion has released kits for "mass" consumption... http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/02/hymotion_u nveil.html.
Quote from the article: "The company is targeting fleet buyers initially. In unit orders greater than 100, the L5 Prius kits will cost $9,500; orders of greater than 1,000 units would see the price drop to $6,500."
Not bad, but what if ya bought one hundred thousand of them? :)
These are still only good up to 34 mph, when it will force switch to gasoline, but that can be improved on.
I guess my main point is, "This technology/infrastructure is here. It works. Let's support it and create competition in this area." /shrug
The Candian company HyMotion has released kits for "mass" consumption... http://www.greencarcongress.com/2006/02/hymotion_
Quote from the article: "The company is targeting fleet buyers initially. In unit orders greater than 100, the L5 Prius kits will cost $9,500; orders of greater than 1,000 units would see the price drop to $6,500."
Not bad, but what if ya bought one hundred thousand of them?
These are still only good up to 34 mph, when it will force switch to gasoline, but that can be improved on.
I guess my main point is, "This technology/infrastructure is here. It works. Let's support it and create competition in this area."
