I really like the idea of free market innovation! Something like battery or hydrogen powered cars really get my mind business movin’. I would jump at the chance to buy a $500 battery that powers my truck for 10 years. Think about it, I pay $50 every six days on gas.
365 / 6 = 61 (rounding up) of $50 payments = $3,050 x 10 years = $30,500. YUP! Totally worth it if it is totally driven on battery.
I still need torque and I still need acceleration. Two things that the first line of Hybrids did not have and I have yet to see (I admit I have not looked) at the numbers for alternate fueled cars.
So to all the automobile researchers, I will buy your hippie car if you:
- Keep the hauling power at or close to what my truck has now
- Keep the acceleration at or close to what my truck has now
- Keep the car/truck in the $15k/$19k average mark (respectively)
- Keep the battery under what I would pay for gas during the life of the battery. And the cheaper you make the battery the better!
That’ll be all, you’re dismissed
Observation: Life 