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Indeed NiMH isn't some "miracle battery", but they did work well enough to invalidate the argument that the technology wasn't ready yet. Yes the Rav4-EV range was only 100 miles, but that was more than enough for the early adopters who bought/leased them. And let's not forget those were basically a first generation technology; it's painful to imagine how much better the technology could've become if...

*head exploded*

Thats called a logical falacy thats called SELF FULLFILLING. Thats like me saying ALL SKIES ARE BLUE as long as your on earth. You can not make an all encompassing statement and then back it up by LIMITING the conditons to a predetermined set of conditions that OBVIOUSLY makes your statement correct. Asked and Answered. ALL OTHER THINGS ARE NOT EQUAL so you can not make such a statement stand on logic and reality.

Don't forgets to insert the insurance http://amat-auto-insurance.blogspot.com

If it wasn't that hard, and the car was able to priced competitively, and appealed to a large market, it would already be done. ( Maybe there are a few less battery cars because of the NiMH Chevron fiasco... but lets move on from that. ) Those "conversions" that people do from gas to electric typically cost a fair amount of money when actually priced out. Often times people use "parts on hand" or other...

I think you meant "RTFA" and yes I did. By the way having electric motors powering the front wheels while the traditional gasoline motor powering the rear wheels still counts as all wheel drive.

Which begs the (obvious) question of why you would own a Jeep in the first place...?

Did he ever directly piss off Shelby? I thought he just pissed off Ford, and he hired Shelby to head the GT40 program?

Looks like the drunks are weighing in. Here's to hoping a drunk driver touches your life like one touched mine. That'll change a few tunes around here.

Oh gee, EXCUSE ME for not saying "sportbikes".