petrol/electric hybrid vans - why not?
 

Recliner wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 10:04:47 +0000 (UTC), d
wrote:

On Tue, 22 May 2012 11:02:31 +0100
Bruce wrote:
The life of the battery packs and their cost of replacement shouldn't
feature. New vans are bought with a (usually) 3- to (exceptionally)
5-year lifespan in mind and battery packs can be expected to last
considerably longer than that.

Not necessarily. Its usage more than age that kills the batteries. In that
time your average van could do 200K miles and no battery pack yet on the
market is guaranteed for that mileage.

Yes, I think it's the number of recharging cycles, rather than the
chronological age, that determines the useful life of a battery pack,
so commercial vehicles are likely to get through them much more
rapidly than private cars.


That is nonsense, because whether the vehicle is a commercial van or a
private car it is almost certain to be charged once every 24 hours.


In any case, the resale value of the van
will be significantly diminished if the battery pack is nearing the
end of its life.


That does not appear to be a factor in resale values of the Toyota
Prius, which has been on sale a lot longer than any other hybrid car.

petrol/electric hybrid vans - why not?
 

On Tue, 22 May 2012 11:25:52 +0100
Bruce wrote:
Yes, I think it's the number of recharging cycles, rather than the
chronological age, that determines the useful life of a battery pack,
so commercial vehicles are likely to get through them much more
rapidly than private cars.


That is nonsense, because whether the vehicle is a commercial van or a
private car it is almost certain to be charged once every 24 hours.

If its a hybrid it'll be recharging itself and it'll be doing it a lot more
often if its being used 12 hours a day.

That does not appear to be a factor in resale values of the Toyota
Prius, which has been on sale a lot longer than any other hybrid car.

I doubt many of them have been driven the distance to the moon and back yet.

B2003