Why People Don’t Have Hybrids: Culture (Social Status), Infrastructure, Additional Cost, Lack of Availability…sometimes practicality
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Matt Gwin
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nando
I don’t plan to have one in short term just to save money. Still waiting for the tech to be well-developed.
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Andrew Grange
one of the draws towards a hybrid vehicle is fuel saving cost down the road…no guarantee that the car will be kept long enough to benefit
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Xinyue (angela) Li
Families don’t use hybrid cars because we can get a car with better function and with a better brand using the same amount of money.
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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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ziluezheng
my family choose conventional cars over hybrid because hybrid is more pricey and it has a poor reputation of being “weaker”.
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Alexander Wou
Our family does not have a hybrid because they believe the technology is not as reliable(still developing).
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michellesieklucki
My family hasn’t bought a car recently enough, I have urged them to buy this one though. http://www.teslamotors.com/en_CA
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Cole Christiansen
Our families don’t own Hybrids because of desire for performance. Cost doesn’t entirely matter,but it does have an effect. Buy a Tesla later
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Darya Jalali
No, it is too expensive. Also living in Vancouver, everything is close to us so gas consumption is less.
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alanzhu
Too expensive and the money you save from gas goes towards the initial cost of buying the hybrid vehicle itself.
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alanzhu
Harman Sahota, Yu Lin Huang and Alan ZHu
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Maddie Ladner
I have a hybrid car because there is a lot of pollution in Houston & it also allows me to fill up on gasoline less often.
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Karen Ke Wang
No need to get another car. They don’t want to replace working non hybrid cars with a new more expensive hybrid one
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Phebe Kwok
Reasons why our families do/do not have a hybrid:
-speed efficiency is lower
-more expensive
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alexischow
Back home in Shanghai where I was living, hybrid cars aren’t as popular, and it’s definitely more pricey to buy one.
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Gabriel Cheung
My family does not own any hybrids because we already have two reliable cars and there isn’t really much point in us switching.
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Jessica Ng
Hybrids are a lot more expensive compared to the average car. We believe that hybrids will be more popular with our future generation.
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Taylor Tam
Our families don’t own hybrids because they are expensive and not as popular back when parents were purchasing cars. Not used to change
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Jordan Huang
My family does not own a hybrid because it is expensive and it was not widely advertised where we lived.
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alanzhu
Harman Sahota, Yu Lin Huang and Alan ZHu
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alanzhu
Too expensive and the money you save from gas goes towards the initial cost of buying the hybrid vehicle itself.
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Paul
Neither Aarun’s family nor my family have owned a hybrid vehicle. Some reasons include:
-less attractive models available
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Chloe Hoy
Our families never really looked into the benefits of a hybrid (which can be less convenient at times).
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admin
Family already has two functioning cars so there’s a small desire to go out an purchase a new car
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Manveer Tatla
Hybrid’s genreally cost more, and it is a hassle to find somewhere to charge it
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Clarisa Madilao
Hybrids are expensive, even though they are more sustainable. People who already own cars and are satisfied, are reluctant to switch.
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pialim
On top of the more expensive market price, charge stations are not as easily accessible as gas stations and seem like an added expense.
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Priyanka Vasudev
Our families don’t own hybrids because of the high price, convenience and realibility. They are generally smaller and aren’t as accessible.
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michellesieklucki
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Danielle Lim
Morning everybody!
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Peter Chen
finally got it!
mattgwin 4:00 pm on September 10, 2013 Permalink | Log in to Reply
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