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I noticed that hybrids doesn't make any financial sense, when new, it costs thousands more than the ICE equivalent, plus more tax, interest, opportunity cost.
Then after maybe x amount of miles/years, you break even with the gas savings, so you are now ahead of the game.
Then battery replacement comes, and you need x amount of miles and years to break even again.
When you sell, its value is cheaper than the comparable ice car, so you lose even more money. When i see used cars, for civic, accords, camrys, etc, the ice version costs more than the hybrid version with same miles, trim. When i get the choice of the 2, i will pay more to get the ice version because i dont have to worry about battery replacement, and the chance of the electric motor going bad. And ice cars have more trunk room due to not having batteries there.
What do you think? Car manufacturers are getting to a point where some models only have the hybrid version, and thats it. 20 years down the line everyone will be forced to buy used hybrids.
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