Hybrid (electrical) system weights.

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windmill

Discussion Starter · Dec 27, 2003

Yes, an another boring quistion!!

A new system in the Netherlands has been developped to pay less roadtaxes. And this is done to promote clean cars.(Yes, in this country you pay a tax wich is depending on the weight of your car!! This is great. How more heavy the car is, how more to pay!!) Now the point is: the new Toyota Prius is coming, and the government made a new system: you take the total weight of the car, minus the hybrid system weight (the electrical part of course) and the outcome will be: the new weight of your car!! Now Toyota claims that the electrical part of the hybrid system weights approx. 172 kgs!!
So that means that the Prius drops 2 steps in the tax-ladder.
Now here is comming my part of this new arrangement: what is the weight of the hybrid electrical system of the Honda Insight?? This is not a million dollar quistion, but this is probably a breakthru in this country to sell/promote more hybrids!! And next week I am getting my Honda Insight, and it has to go thru the commisionboard for allowance to drive on de Dutch roads under the Dutch laws, because there are no Honda Insights (yet) in the Netherlands. This one, will be the first one!!

So please tell me!!!! What is the weight of the electrical hybrid system???
So I can give them an answer, before they ask me the weight question!!

Thank you for reading this "another silly quistion!!"

Greetings Etienne van leeuwen. the Netherlands

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ElectricTroy

· #4 · Jan 21, 2004

windmill said:
A new system in the Netherlands has been developped to pay less roadtaxes. And this is done to promote clean cars.(Yes, in this country you pay a tax wich is depending on the weight of your car!! )

The United States has the same, but the road tax is accessed directly: ~60 cents per gallon. So the less gas you burn, the less tax you pay.

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ElectricTroy

· #6 · Jan 21, 2004

True. That happened in Oregon State where the politicians decided to charge Hybrid Cars *double* the license registration fee. Why? So they can make up the taxes lost, because hybrids burn less gasoline. (rolls eyes)

IMHO, what they *should* do... if people start driving more efficient 40,50,60 MPG cars... is simply raise the gas taxes from 60 cents per gallon to 80 cents per gallon to make sure there's enough money to keep the roads repaired.

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ElectricTroy

· #11 · Jan 22, 2004

windmill said:
So the US government put these prises in the fuel ? That is in my opinion more fare, when you drive you pay.

The idea of including a "road tax" at the pump was pushed in the 1920's by the American Automobile Association and other hobbyists as a way to pave over the dirt roads. It's been that way ever since.

And, the 60 cents figure came from my memory. Obviously my memory is faulty. :lol: As for the $1 suggestion, are you willing to pay double the price to ship items across the country?

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