Comments on: Toyota recycling hybrid batteries

By: jr

jr — Fri, 22 May 2009 01:43:30 +0000

I’m a Texan liberal. Drive a Ford F350. Thinking about going with a Jetta TDI for my wifes car. In response to simon… there are no leaders anymore.

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:50:36 +0000

Do liberals ever consider the downsides of liberal ideas [or liberal leaders]? In case a liberal is tempted to answer, the question is rhetorical.

By: Iamthestig

Iamthestig — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:35 +0000

DO we actually know what a battery pack costs to have replaced ? (not a guess – a proper full cost from Toyota service) ?

Just curious…

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:33:48 +0000

Oh and yes Joober, i think Hyundai will definitely put the cat amongst the pigeons if it decides to bring it’s LPG $10 a week fuel bill (mild) Hybrid to Australia!

By: Joober

Joober — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:32:31 +0000

Agree Carl, well we can just hope that 1.8 proves better economy OR/AND more ecofriendly then the current model otherwise its going to get flamed by reviewers and the ‘we’ alike.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:26:29 +0000

DIr1, I’m glad you haven’t fallen for the Toyota claims that the Prius is a green car.

Joober, i totally agree with you that the major companies have and continue to offer very few options to fossil fuels for their vehicles and that’s why this prius with it’s relatively guzzling 1.5 petrol engine is a poor effort….and it appears the next prius will have an even bigger 1.8 petrol engine WTF are they on at Toyota!!!!

By: Joober

Joober — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:06 +0000

Well thats a good sign they have a process at least, the car is still not the eco sword we need though. Im hanging for the LPG hybrid, Hyundai was planning, if that takes off surely all other manufacturers will follow suit in this country where Gas is abundant.

Millatime, Thats CAPITALISM for you mate, f..k the world if it means less profits in the long run. People need to know anything a corporation does has a money agenda at the very end.

Carl – All manufacturers should be aiming to build cars that cuts emissions and go green. But clearly the triple bottom line is always a farce in a world where the money hungry shareholder is at the reigns.

By: Dlr1

Dlr1 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:10:43 +0000

Carl, I thought the whole concept behind hybrids was to reduce fuel consumption. I am in no way saying that they will save the planet. Neither will any other car. In all likely hood the world will run out of oil and LPG well before we see all the catastrophic effects of global warming. Any technology that lets you travel further on a litre of fuel, be it diesel, LPG ,Petrol or whatever need to be utilised. f you want a green car go and make one out of bamboo and run it on coconut oil.LOL.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:43:23 +0000

DIr1……We don’t give a F**k how much Co2 normal car cost to make because “normal” cars don’t claim to be saving the planet like this monumental fraud from the big T!

By: AC COBRA

AC COBRA — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:20:20 +0000

Ra, don’t worry about my throat, it’s the words you type that are cancerous, if you don’t like opinion’s stay away from commenting here and go to a forum who gets “OFF” talking about dead beat Hybrids.

The Priass reminds me of a battery hen injected with artificial genes, the same one’s that enter a half wit after eating “KFC”, unfortunately not thinking straight rendering him to malfunction in reality.

By: Millatime

Millatime — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:46:55 +0000

Prius is useless. A sham. A con. A fraud.

GTRmon; if you were slowly DYING of a CURABLE disease, and your TRUSTED doctor kept offering you only a couple of PANADOL and a few BAND-AIDS every time you went to see him, would you praise and defend his lack of action as you have above?

And would you allow him to announce to all and sundry that he was working very very hard indeed to cure you and the planet and all the whales, by handing out useless band aids and panadol, whilst actually keeping the very technology that would make a significant contribution to your health under lock and key, and very much away from you?

Tesla are TINY little company. Google “Tesla Roadster”, then ask yourself why aren’t a massive global corporaton like Toyota, with it’s massive R&D budget, doing something similar only better and cheaper? With four doors and room for the shopping?

They could, but all we get is band-aids and panadol…

By: Realcars

Realcars — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:01:58 +0000

Talk about Toyota flogging a dead horse.

Toyota is definitely clever and more so than the idiots that buy these things.LOL.

By: Car-Enthusiast

Car-Enthusiast — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:53:03 +0000

GTRmon, as i mentioned in my comment, i said the production and driving of the Prius, now when i mean production that also includes the production of the batteries, shipping etc. and same with the Range ROVER, the production and shipping etc. Because the Production of the batteries, causes alot of Pollution etc.

By: GTRmon

GTRmon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:45:07 +0000

Ummmm, how? Is that perhaps because there are far less Land Rovers than Prius’? Because if the argument comes down to one of volume manufactured, it’s seriously flawed.

I can’t see how a small car with a 1.5L engine is less economical than any V8?!

By: Car-Enthusiast

Car-Enthusiast — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:38:01 +0000

Recent studies have shown that in the long term (3 yrs & onwards) the Production and driving of a Toyota Prius, cause more Green house gases, and has a larger effect on Global warming then the combined Production and driving of a 2.7-tonne Range Rover V8 (PETROL) that acheives about 16.0L/100km, Which means that a Range Rover V8, uses more than Triple (3.6 times more to be Precise) the amount of Fuel then a Toyota Prius, and yet in the long run, it causes less Green house gases and has less effect on Global warming, than the prius.

Shows just how much of a Marketing Gimik The Toyota Prius is, and what a load of crap Hydbrids are.

I’ve been saying this for a while and will always say this, if u wana save the world, and if u are a bit cheap and dnt give a stuff about cars, then Buy a Diesel, and dnt even bother with Hybrids.

Many times, and multiple sources of information Including This site, will show and prove that a Diesel causes less Green house gases, and is more economical than a Hybrid

By: GTRmon

GTRmon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:12:00 +0000

Wow, how long it did take you to come up with “priass”. Witty.
Seriously, I thought the point of the article was that all the “pollution” and “toxic chemicals” required to make the Prius is either hyperbole or Toyota actually has a recycling plan in place. If the Prius contains nasty elements, you can be sure Toyota has design engineers who have thought this one through.

Comparing a LPG vehicle to a Prius: the most common LPG vehicle, the LPG Falcon, is a fair bit larger than a Prius, thus requiring more raw materials to make it. As for diesels: in Australia they are a false economy. Better fuel consumption at a higher price per litre and higher initial cost. Better than a petrol engine, but not that great.

Why is there so much hatred of Toyota by the visitors of this site? I’m not a Toyota fanboy, I don’t drive a Toyota and I have no intentions of doing so in the near future, but I’m not frothing at the mouth about them. Why? Is there like a little dick syndrome or something because Toyota outsells other car manufacturers? Get over it.

Yes the Prius has a petrol engine and spits out CO2, we know.

By: Ra

Ra — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:09:00 +0000

Wow AC COBRA, you sound like someone I know called … George W Bush.

You will accept Hybrid vehicles concept as a stepping stone to something better and I’ll ram that down your cancer ridden throat.

By: AC COBRA

AC COBRA — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:31:27 +0000

The Priass is not exactly that green, people forget this golf gart has an engine, needs fossil fuels and toxic battery acid etc etc.. to make the 4 wheels move and apparently to build one causes more pollution than a normal manufactured car, sorry but no HIPPY tree hugging just yet, when you peel the layer’s of Toyoda advertising truth behold this very expensive Priass is no better compared to any diesel, petrol or LPG vehicle.

Until car’s are powered by a Hydrogen fuel cell, all this old tech Hybrid crap can go to bed, CA >>>>>>> please no more adverts for expensive Priass over used jargon, its now beyond acceptable and irritating.

Remember, Priass will alway’s polute the air if you think it doesn’t, well what can anybody say except > FOOL’S BREED FOOL’S !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:39:26 +0000

Car Advice…..i wouldn’t hold my breath if i were you waiting for TuRDyota to get back to you!!!!!

By: GTRmon

GTRmon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:23:41 +0000

There is some argument to suggest that recycling paper is more energy intensive than cutting down trees and pulping it. For aluminium however, recycling is much less energy intensive than getting Al from bauxite.

As much hatred as there is for the Prius, I’m not a hater. It’s a bit of a poser car but so what, let them drive it. Let Toyota cram the advertising down our throats, I’m not listening. There’s much more hateable cars on the road, like Hummers or Epicas.

The only thing I wish is that Prius drivers would drive a bit faster. I know you’re trying stay on battery power, but hey, I’m trying to stay off boost and I don’t drive slower than a crippled snail.