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Originally posted by Jim Bremner
the nickel for the battery is mined in north-eastern Canada
Sent via cargo ship to CHINA to be made into a battery
Sent Via a cargo ship to Japan to be inserted into the car
Sent via cargo ship to Los Angeles to be sent all over the U.S.
I would give my left NUT to know how much fuel that it takes to fuel the ships east & west, let alone the leakage, spillage etc.
I can't wait until someone makes a Prius with a LS-1 or 2 'vette motor in one
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A Prius battery weighs 48 pounds. Since it costs a couple thousand bucks to ship a fully loaded 40 foot container trans-Pacific via container ship, and the weight limit for a 40 foot container is about 27,000 kilos, the incremental cost of shipping 48 pounds is roughly $2.
We could go on and translate that into bunker fuel, but I don't really want your smelly left nut :-)