My family doesn’t own a hybrid car and probably won’t own one until the price range is within our budget. (Tuition fees are expensive)
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Huang Yu Lin (Alan)
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Changchun Dai
Hybrid car is still a kind of new technology. Especially hybrid car’s buttery is very unsafe.Such high temperature can let buttery explode
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Fangxian Guan
No hybrid car for us
-no dominant advantage considering the price.
However, I have seen a lot of cheap motorcycles that run on electricity -
Rachel Lee
Great class today!! Thank you for all of your participation and insightful ideas 🙂 Looking forward to seeing you all in tutorial this week!
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Karlyn Evans
My family owns a Toyota Prius. We traded in our old SUV for it. Our reasoning is the environmental benefits and better gas milage.
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Yan Gao(Helena)
My family has a hybrid! Although its price is a little bit higher, hybrid can save lots of gas fee and it’s environmentally-friendly.
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Mikhail Nikolaychuk
(Despite Prokhorov’s attempts), Hybrids are not particularly popular in Russia; people tend to purchase petrol, diesel or gas-powered cars.
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Jonathan Gugger
The high cost of hybrid vehicles is the primary reason why my family does not own one.
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lucasoutumuro
In Venezuela to refill the gas you usually pay less than a dollar in total. For this reason, the market of hybrid cars is non-existent.
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ltseng27
Hybrid cars are more expensive and many families already have fully functional cars at home so there is no need to purchase a new car.
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Emilie Gibeau
Our families are not looking to buy a new car and until that need arises we will not be considering alternate car options such as hybrids.
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Caitlin Lim
We don’t have hybrids because of their high cost and the inconvenience of charging the car battery. The cost was higher than the benefits.
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Mabel Teng
A hybrid car battery generally last about 150000 miles,and changing the battery costs 4-10 thousands dollars,thus it isn’t cost efficient.
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Annabelle Chen
Hybrids cost more: although you are saving more on gasoline but you are spending extra money on buying the hybrid vehicle.
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Emily Chang
Hybrid cars are inconvenient because some places do not offer an “electric station”. Perhaps solar powered vehicles would be a better option
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Karlyn Evans
The majority of our group does not own hybrids because of their cost. Also, they are not as popular in their country of origin.
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Yating Zhang
Actually, I don’t understand this issue clearly, but I think it depends on the price and accessibility. What’s the most important thing is the price.
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rhiannonwademan
Check out the second page of this article around Feb 3, 2010. http://content.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1962218-2,00.html
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Clement Hue Yat Kong
My parents live in Hong Kong and prefers not to drive. Hybrid could reduce fuel costs, but I would choose based on functions and brand-name.
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Meggie Liu
Getting a hybrid could possibly reduce future gas consumption; however, my family would rather get a car with a popular brand name.
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hanxuanwang
my family doesn’t buy choose hybrid cars because it is hard to get fuel in my city, there are few stations to get the fuel for hybrid cars
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mariapous
It depends on the needs of the consumers , the availability, and its popularity in some countries.
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Matt Gwin
Why People Don’t Have Hybrids: Culture (Social Status), Infrastructure, Additional Cost, Lack of Availability…sometimes practicality
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joyekwon
Our key reason for not owning a hybrid is that, families feel more associated with automobiles that they are already familiar with.
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Jake Black
Our family doesn’t own a hybrid because there isn’t a variety of hybrids that are appealing at an affordable price.
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Aylin Senem Piskin
Hybrids are quite expensive. Also where I live, many people don’t even know about hybrid cars.
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Emilie Gibeau
Our families are not looking to buy a new car and until that need arises we will not be considering alternate car options.
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Megan Chan
My family is not in need of a new car, at the moment, therefore we have not purchased a hybrid.
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Michael Worthington
I have a Hybrid. My dad was given the car by his company
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Matt Gwin
Why People Don’t Have Hybrids: Culture (Social Status), Infrastructure, Additional Cost, Lack of Availability…sometimes practicality
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HI Rachel i am having a problem posting i am not sure if i am registered in the comm101sec101