Yaris vs. Prius

[Yaris Hilton]

If you're concerned about being "green," I suspect the manufacturing and disposal/recycling of the batteries make the hybrids' lifetime environmental footprints pretty large and deep. I'm sure there are analyses of that online, but I'm not motivated enough to look them up. I don't want a hybrid.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Yaris Hilton

If you're concerned about being "green," I suspect the manufacturing and disposal/recycling of the batteries make the hybrids' lifetime environmental footprints pretty large and deep. I'm sure there are analyses of that online, but I'm not motivated enough to look them up. I don't want a hybrid.

I was wondering about that myself, as disposal of Lithium technology batteries is not a trivial thing. The junkyard that i bought my Prius wiper stalk from specializes in Prius parts. I asked about how they deal with the battery disposal and the guy that I spoke with said that there is an incredible market for used Prius batteries. They sell every one that they pull out to hobbyists experimenting with electric vehicles.