Toyota Prius - Life Cycle Analysis

Short film on life cycle of Toyota Prius.

It is arguable if Land Rover and Hummer are greener than Prius. But it remains a fact that the 30+ pound nickel battery in Prius is one dirty piece of metal.

All I want to say is that you shouldn't just buy a Prius because they tell you it's Green. Small, fuel efficient cars are much better for environment than current hybrids.

Step 9 is getting Rid of the Battery. The reason is that these batteries are not disposable and recycling them is also very polluting. On top of that, I doubt that in countries where there are few regulations on environment would actually recycle the batteries.

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[VALsacount2]

Priuses, and electric cars are all about image, so you look cool to Claliforniacunts. If you really cared a bout the environment, you'd rig a weed wacker to a bike.

[digital951]

I am not sure who Top Gear's references where, however a study done by CNW Research backs up this claim as well.

[xanze]

I'm running a formal investigation on the battery's ecological impact, this video is nothing close to being informative or helpful...

[neptronix]

@Alvord1430

Yup..

And the thing is that those materials can be recycled. if they are used to save gasoline, that's good. You can't recycle used gasoline.

As they say in fight club... 'sometimes you gotta break a few eggs to make an omlette'.

[Alvord1430]

@neptronix Right! These mined materials exist in every modern convenience. Nasty-ass batteries have been used in all of our cars for the last hundred years. Lithium and nickel are used in cell phone and laptop batteries in infinitely higher quantities than in hybrid vehicles and EVs. They couldn't have created and uploaded this video without using the evil nickel and lithium.

[Dudeeee92392913]

22 people drive Prius

[neptronix]

@Draelren What's funny is that nobody is posting any videos talking about how awful lead acid batteries are.

They consist mainly of Lead and various sulfuric acids. If you inhale enough smoke from one that explodes, it will basically eat through your entire respiratory tract. I've seen it happen and smelled it.. it was nasty.

This faux environmental concern only pops up when you challenge the status quo by making a car like a prius.

[neptronix]

@rogerestunchien Top gear is wrong every time a fuel efficient or non-gasoline using car is spoken about.

They are sponsored by Shell Oil; look it up.

[neptronix]

Google search for 'prius vs hummer argument debunked'

Remember that the original study was done by a *marketing firm*

I like how the car's multi-country parts content is criticized; all cars are produced like that these days. GM cars have Chinese, German, Japanese and American parts, for example. VW ships parts from Germany to Mexico and then ships the car to the USA. Those are just two examples, i can dig up more.

[ChuffChuffWoo]

The problem is the Prius is made in a factory with parts sourced from component suppliers around the world, and then shipped to the customers home country. Unlike other cars that I guess just appear in the show room overnight, having been created by fairies out of pixie dust. Modern shipping is so efficient it only takes a few gallons of fuel to perform the whole Prius logistics operation, alas I've no idea how much pixie dust you need to create a Hummer

[loweredtalon]

@rogerestunchien They are also a marketing company, NOT a research company.

[rogerestunchien]

@digital951 The study made by CNW research was very badly made. I love Top gear, but they were wrong this time. I couldn't find even ONE research that approved what the CNW research center said. What's more, that company came out of nowhere with this research, they didn't have any sources in their research. That company suddendly irrupted in 1997 and I tried to find infos about them but.. nothing. This research is therefore absolutely not valid and should not be taken seriously.