Are you sure about that? I was under the impression that Lithium-ion battery was made out of Lithium - which would make it made mostly of salt...so I thought these were not that bad for the environment and 97% recyclable... is this not correct?


>Good reasons. I hear soooo many people say, "it's saving the environment" when the manufacturing process and battery disposal are environmentally worse than buring gas in an SUV.
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>>Great price (low 20s out the door) and the best mileage of any gas car that most humans can fit in.
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>>It's overall a really nice car. My wife averages about 44mpg lately (cold weather affects battery). When it was warmer she averaged just under 50mpg all the time.
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>>Only problem with the 2009 we have is that it doesn't have quite enough headroom for me. It's fine for my wife.
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>>The 2010 has enough headroom for me and gets a wee bit better mileage, so we're probably going to get one for me very shortly.