2011年8月23日星期二
Battery replacement affects hybrid resale
I have never seen any comment on the following topics in regards to hybrid or electric cars.
1. Manufacturers and articles always say how many money can be saved in TOSHIBA PA3534U-1BRS fuel costs over the life of the car. What is never discussed, though, is what happens to the calculation of savings if you include the Lenovo Thinkpad T61 Battery cost of replacing the batteries in the car. Even if the warranty covers five to 10 years, what is the resale value of the car after four to five years if the batteries must be replaced because they've worn out and not a warranty issue? How good is the manufacturer's warranty, anyway, and what does it cover?
2. Advertisements also show the maximum distance under TOSHIBA Portege R700 Battery power, but what happens to that maximum distance when it's 35 C in the summer and -30 C in the winter and you must use air conditioning or heaters?
- Pat Lafontaine
When gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles first appeared in large numbers on our streets, I did a comparison of battery warranties, pricing and such. With no exception, hybrid manufacturers cover their batteries for TOSHIBA NB305 Battery eight years or 160,000 km. As this is about the average TOSHIBA NB300 Battery length of time and mileage Canadians keep a vehicle, the first owner shouldn't be plagued by the expense of replacing the drive battery. However second or third owners may have to foot this bill and it varies wildly.
The Toyota Prius battery, for example, runs around $3,000, and Ford tops the battery price charts with a whopping $14,287 for an Escape powerpack. Advice here is to trade in the vehicle before the TOSHIBA PA3785U-1BRS battery warranty runs out. And yes, it will affect trade-in or resale value. A 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid is running about the same price on Internet used vehicle listings as its gasolinepowered cousin of the Toshiba Satellite R630 Battery same year. Keep in mind the Hybrid model was TOSHIBA PA3929U-1BRS Battery priced almost 30 per cent higher than a similarly trimmed gasoline version, so if both are running in the same price range today, the hybrid experienced more depreciation.
Both Ford and Toyota (the auto-makers with the most hybrids in Canada) have had TOSHIBA PA3832U-1BRS Battery great success with their drive batteries, with extremely low failure rates.
Still, there are not a lot of postwarranty hybrids on the TOSHIBA Portege R705 Battery road yet. If enough hybrids hit the streets, you can count on one or two entrepreneurial battery suppliers to join in the TOSHIBA Portege R700 Battery supply chain to bring prices down. Don't count on buying a used battery off of an Internet classified site, however; the shipping costs would be substantial.
Yes extreme heat and cold have Lenovo IdeaPad U350 Battery their effects on battery performance. With a hybrid, your gasoline drive simply kicks in and you're worryfree, but with an all-electric vehicle such as the Nissan Leaf, there will be a certain degree of "range anxiety."
When I reviewed the second generation of the Lenovo 57Y6265 Battery Toyota Prius a few years back, it was during a particularly hot August week and I did a lot of stop-and-start driving with the 57Y6352 AC running full tilt. The car easily got 70 m.p.g. during this test, but I would expect a lower rating in Janu-ary and February when battery performance drops as fast as the mercury.
The Leaf is promising a range of 160 kilometres, but at Lenovo L09C4P01 Battery what speeds, and temperatures? How will hills, cargo and passenger loads affect the distance travelled? What if the driver has a lead foot or has to accelerate to avoid traffic problems? I have my name on the list for Compaq Mini CQ10 Battery Leaf review when one hits our area. I'll keep you posted.
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