[86Honda]

Well, I can't wait to thumb my nose at the oil companies once my LiFe batteries arrive next week. Goodbye FLA! But our family is not just doing electric. We also have two Geo Metros. One got 53mpg highway recently and the other I don't know yet (just rebuilt the engine and still in break-in). Let's see - Prius, $25,000+, 60 mpg. Geo, $1300 (including rebuild and repairs), 50 mpg. Gonna take a lot of driving to eat up that difference. And I'd hate to have to be the one to trace down a Prius problem - these modern cars are too complex to understand. Maybe I'm just an old curmudgeon, but the old-tech DIY folks will never be on Detriot's happy list. Now if my government could just give me a tax break for my DIY electric instead of having to buy a new hybrid...

But I don't really want the government involved in my project in any way, so just as well. If it already doesn't make economic sense before the government gets involved, it certainly won't after.