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To: RetiredNow who wrote (10881)	7/8/2009 9:54:51 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Tesla's battery only lasts 5 years, according to this website: auto.howstuffworks.com Also, there will NOT be many cars that are all electric. They will be PHEVs with engines. Engines that require maintenance, just like their non-hybrid brethren. But I will concur that other drive-train issues may be less costly. But we really don't have much data on that. However, all of this misses a very important point. Most people don't own cars longer than 7 years. They will if the PHEV winds up costing them twice as much as currently available vehicles. Especially if these hard times continue for the period that I expect them to (5 years plus). Hawk