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Cars are like horses: people will soon realise EVs are just better, claims VW boss
(www.autoexpress.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2026
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Our hybrids both having battery failures is personal experience, not Republican talking points.
But the great thing about hybrids is that they still work if the battery fails. And I can put enough fuel to drive 300 miles in at a gas station for the same price as paying for a level 3 charger that'll take 10 times as long.
I would love to have an electric, but it doesn't make sense for me or many others who rent when a hybrid is cheaper to buy, just as cheap to drive when you don'thave a hime charger, and doesn't depend on a $15,000 part that can't be serviced by the owner.
That's absolutely not true. The starter battery is lead-acid, but those don't move the car.
A standard group 27 lead acid used just to start a car's engine weighs like 70 pounds. One big enough to actually drive it any distance would weigh literal tons.