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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 664098" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>Exactly! But of course the real cost is not $60 if you allow for battery replacement. And who wants to watch grass grow on a trip.</p><p>I think a lot of people miss the point that the reason the initial cost is so high is that you are also buying a battery with probably less than 10 year life, which is warrantied to only have 70% charge after 7 or 8 years. Which must then be replaced.</p><p></p><p>Like buying a car with a horrendously expensive, continually shrinking fuel tank that will require replacing at great cost before you can sell or continue driving (on average we keep our petrol cars beyond 10 years).. Not for me with present technology, except perhaps as a runabout for local shopping. Dramatic changes in technology are required for Australia (but I am optimistic that they will come with time).</p><p></p><p>If it were registered in Victoria you would pay another $34 in road tax, despite driving in Queensland (I think).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 664098, member: 4386"] Exactly! But of course the real cost is not $60 if you allow for battery replacement. And who wants to watch grass grow on a trip. I think a lot of people miss the point that the reason the initial cost is so high is that you are also buying a battery with probably less than 10 year life, which is warrantied to only have 70% charge after 7 or 8 years. Which must then be replaced. Like buying a car with a horrendously expensive, continually shrinking fuel tank that will require replacing at great cost before you can sell or continue driving (on average we keep our petrol cars beyond 10 years).. Not for me with present technology, except perhaps as a runabout for local shopping. Dramatic changes in technology are required for Australia (but I am optimistic that they will come with time). If it were registered in Victoria you would pay another $34 in road tax, despite driving in Queensland (I think). [/QUOTE]
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