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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hapuwa" data-source="post: 19157569" data-attributes="member: 165466">Hybrids are a waist of money(except phevs). Efficiency wise they can't even compete with diesel vehicles if you factor in depreciation(2nd hand value)  to the ovarall cost over 5 years. once electric cars become the norm which is inevitable, hybrids will lose its marketability and eventually be forgotten. Sadly most of our people are like sheep so they easily got caught to the 'eco' hybrid trap. It was a profitable test ground for manufacturers to advance their EV technology. In my openion hybrids should be taxed much like regular gasoline vehicles as they are not economic or ecologic by a higher margin.EV s on the other hand already do 140 kms per charge. That's a significant saving for the user as well as for the country (we get 60% from coal now). Its already profitable for the user without even considering the 2nd hand value as an EV is able to cover its initial cost with in 10 years ( assuming battery and motor would last that that long). So I think government is trying to replace gasolines cars with EVs and ship those old gas guzzlers to other poorer countries. They will charge a higher tax for EVs but not any time soon. EVs still cost a lot to manufacture so any tax on it will make them look unattractive to consumers. I think it will take at least 5 more years before they charge a higher tax.</blockquote>

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